Method

GetInternetTextEncoding


Description

When decoding mail or web pages you would use this function to get the text encoding rather than GetTextEncoding. This function is the inverse of TextEncoding.InternetName. It returns the encoding associated with a standard name for that encoding as used on the Internet.

Usage

result = GetInternetTextEncoding(str)

Part

Type

Description

result

TextEncoding

Text encoding of str.

str

String

Internet text.

Sample code

' take an encoding and query the internet name
Var s As String = Encodings.ISOLatin4.InternetName
MessageBox(s) ' shows ISO-8859-4

' query encoding object for this name
Var e As TextEncoding = GetInternetTextEncoding(s)

' and show it:
MessageBox(e.InternetName)

Compatibility

Project Types

Console, Desktop, Web

Operating Systems

All

See also

GetTextEncoding, TextEncoding functions, Encodings module.