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Opening file with UTF-8 encoded name from Explorer fails
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:37 pm
by kleist
[Zeus 3.97e / Windows 7 SP1 64 bit]
Trying to open a file with a UTF-8 encoded name (like "räksmörgås.txt") from the Windows Explorer fails. The same if a file with an ascii name resides in a directory with a UTF-8 encoded name.
If the file is simply (double)clicked, nothing happens, i.e. no error message appears.
If I choose "Open with" from the context menu, and then "Programmer's Editor for Windows", the error message "There was a problem sending the command to the program." is displayed in a window.
Opening the file with Notpad or Textpad works fine.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:09 pm
by jussij
Unfortunately I was not able to replicate this issue
But I am running a Win32 bit version of Windows which might be part of the problem.
What I did was start Explorer and used it to create a new file in the temp folder location with this name:
räksmörgås.txt
Now from inside Explorer I can drag and drop the file, Open With and I double click on the file and in all cases the file opens just fine in Zeus
Could you send me an example file as an e-mail attachement
What is interesting is if I do a
dir räksmörgås.txt inside of Zeus I see this:
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Directory of C:\temp
30/03/2011 09:56 AM 11 r„ksm”rg†s.txt
But if I run the same command from the command prompt I see the correct name:
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Directory of c:\temp
30/03/2011 09:56 AM 11 räksmörgås.txt
I suspect this is due to a bug in the Zeus tool capture output code
Cheers Jussi
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:07 am
by kleist
Hello again Jussi,
I've found something pretty odd...
If I start Zeus, and after that chose "Open with..." / "Programmer's Editor for Windows" from the file's context menu in Explorer, then the file opens fine
Not if I (double)click on the file though.
Drag-and-drop to the Zeus window works fine.
Drag-and-drop to my Zeus shortcut icon on the desktop doesn't work.
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:10 pm
by jussij
Not if I (double)click on the file though.
This seems to suggest that there is something wrong with the
ZeusDocument registry setting
In the registry the
ZeusDocument is defined here:
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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZeusDocument\shell\open\command
and it should be defined with this default value:
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"C:\Program Files\Zeus\zeus.exe" "%1"
What you could try is changing the command line to be:
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"C:\Program Files\Zeus\zeus.exe" '%1'
For the file type that fails to load on double click, did you associate the file with Zeus or was it one of the predefined Zeus association
Cheers Jussi
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:20 pm
by kleist
Sorry for not having replied until now, Jussi.
I've verified the registry setting for "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ZeusDocument\shell\open\command".
Changing the double quotes round %1 to single quotes makes no difference.
When opening the file with an already running Zeus using "Open with... " from the context menu, those single quotes are changed back to double quotes.
The problem appears both for predefined Zeus associations (like *.txt) and associations made by me (*.acl).
All in all: This is a very minor problem, since Zeus is typically running all the time on my 'puter. And I seldom edit files with non-ascii names.