Method

GetInternetTextEncoding

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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(InternetEncoding)

Part	Type	Description
result	TextEncoding	Text encoding of InternetEncoding.
InternetEncoding	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

All project types on all supported operating systems.

See also

GetTextEncoding, TextEncoding functions, Encodings module.