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outputTextEncoding

Type

property

Summary

The outputTextEncoding property determines what text conversion to perform when writing text strings to stdout.

Syntax

set the outputTextEncoding to <textEncoding>

Description

Use the outputTextEncoding property to determines what text conversion to perform when writing text strings to stdout.

outputTextEncoding is only available when running in CGI mode (Server).

note

The naming of the encodings here corresponds directly to the IANA assigned charset names which is why they are perhaps slightly different from text encoding naming elsewhere in the engine.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription

textEncoding

enum

The type of text encoding to use.

Examples

set the outputTextEncoding to "utf8"
put the outputTextEncoding into tCurrentTextEncoding

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 4.6.3

OS

mac

windows

linux

Platforms

server

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