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outputTextEncoding

Type​

property

Summary​

The outputTextEncoding property determines what text conversion to perform when writing text strings to stdout.

Syntax​

set the outputTextEncoding to <textEncoding>

Description​

Use the outputTextEncoding property to determines what text conversion to perform when writing text strings to stdout.

outputTextEncoding is only available when running in CGI mode (Server).

note

The naming of the encodings here corresponds directly to the IANA assigned charset names which is why they are perhaps slightly different from text encoding naming elsewhere in the engine.

Parameters​

NameTypeDescription

textEncoding

enum

The type of text encoding to use.

Examples​

set the outputTextEncoding to "utf8"
put the outputTextEncoding into tCurrentTextEncoding

Compatibility and Support​

Introduced

LiveCode 4.6.3

OS

mac

windows

linux

Platforms

server

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