NTFS file system uses Unicode, but standard FindFirstFile
don't know about Unicode, it uses character sets. And dir
command uses FindFirstFile(). If You use C then You can
add #define Unicode  then compiler uses Unicode version
FindFirstfileW() instead ANSI FindFirstFileA() . You can use
FindFirstFileW directly.

Toomas



----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Shkabara" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 5:00 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] foreign language filenames


>I am fluent in Russian and have some files on my computer that use the
> Russian character set. Some programs have difficulty handling these names.
> If I look at them using Windows Explorer, they show up fine. If I open a CMD
> Window and issue a DIR command, the file name may look like this:
> "????????.???" - in other words, the character set is not recognized.
>
> I also write my own programs using Visual Studio.NET 2003. The programs I
> write that use FindFirstFile() have the same problem as the CMD Windows -
> gives me a bunch of question marks. This is all under XP Pro and NTFS.
> Searching the web, MSDN, and programming sites has not given me a clue as to
> how to fix this. Apparently, "professional programmers" with companies such
> as Veritas have had the same problem, since Veritas Backup had the same
> difficulty with Russian filenames and would skip backing them up!
>
> This is not a programming support site, but I hope that some of you may be
> in an environment other than English and have had some experience with this.
> I can use some help here. Thank you.
>
>
> Peter
>
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