[SOLVED] Problem parsing application arguments in Windows

[ivan.cuevas]

Hi all,

my problem is I'm not able to convert input parameters from command line arguments. This is the code sample:

#include <samples/systems/common/systems.h>

/*
 */
void update_scene() { ; }

/*
 */
void create_scene() {

	forloop(int i=0 ; engine.getNumArgs()) {
		if(engine.getArg(i) == "--msg") {
			log.message("param:%s", engine.getArg(i+1));
			break;
		}
	}
	
	return "Application arguments";
}

/*
 */
void clear_scene() {
	
}

If I run the sample with the following arguments:

main_x86.exe -engine_config ..\data\unigine.cfg -console_command "world_load samples\systems\arguments" --msg cañón

I get the wrong representation of the argument, so in the log file appears:

18:13:10 param:ca��n (instead of cañón)

 

I suppose it's because wndows input parameters are codified in a different way that Unigine interprets it (Utf-8)

 

How can I convert this string argument to Utf-8?

 

I don't have this problem in OSX and Linux because they always work in Utf-8.

 

Thanks in advance,

Iván.

 

 

 

[unclebob]

Hi Ivan!

 

Sorry for late reply. Try to use 'chcp 65001' command in your console. Also, here is a cool topic on stack overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/388490/unicode-characters-in-windows-command-line-how

 

I tried 'chcp 65001' and it's not working well for russian symbols, but 'chcp 1251' did the job for me. So try different codepages.

[ivan.cuevas]

Hi uncleboob,

At the end I made it work with using a .bat file and codepage 1252.

 

Thanks.