70001700 Dgn Default Drawing CodePage

Article 70001700
Type Bug
Product Converter
Version 8003
Date Added 3/3/2020
Fixed 8.8004.0.5 (3/4/2020)
Submitted by Wayne Romer

Summary

Solution


DGN files are imported always using the Default System locale (windows settings) to translate the strings in the drawing to Unicode.

The Windows 10 have a new option in language –> Regional Settings “Beta:Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support” that when this is checked, seams to work ok with this drawing.

In new version 8.8004.0.5 we will also add the option to use the vdDocument.FileProperties.DefaultDrawingCodePage property and value when we import DGN files. The default value is SYSTEM

In order to use UTF-8 you must change the vdDocument.FileProperties.DefaultDrawingCodePage to DrawingDefault (always before importing a DGN file) which is uses the UTF-8 in all windows platforms.

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