StrUnicode2Ansi Function

Action

Converts a string from unicode representation to single byte representation.

Include file

Kernel.bdh

Syntax

StrUnicode2Ansi( out sAnsi      : string,
                 in  nAnsiBytes : number,
                 in  sUnicode   : string,
                 in  nByteOrder : number optional ): boolean;

Return value

true if successful
false otherwise

Parameter	Description
sAnsi	String receiving the single-byte representation.
nAnsiBytes	Number of bytes to be used in sAnsi.
sUnicode	String in unicode representation that is to be converted.
nByteOrder	Number (optional) which declares if the Unicode is in little endian or in big endian. Possible values are: OPT_LITTLE_ENDIAN. Specifies little endian byte order. (default) OPT_BIG_ENDIAN. Specifies big endian byte order.

Example

dcltrans
  transaction TMain
  var
    sAnsi, sUnicode: string;
  begin
    sAnsi := "hello world!";
    StrAnsi2Unicode(sUnicode, STRING_COMPLETE, sAnsi);
    writeln(StrUnicodeLen(sUnicode));
    StrUnicode2Ansi(sAnsi, STRING_COMPLETE, sUnicode);
  end TMain;