special characters in batch-files

[Alpheratz13]

Hi all,

I have ask help in section "Unatted Windows", but no answer, perhaps i was in the wrong section.

I hope have more luck over here

My question is about Caracters Special, i can't find this probleme, i explain (i do my best) :

I have french version of windows, so i want put word correct, so that word is "Démarrer" (means Start), if i put this word in RunOnceEx.cmd like :

REG ADD %KEY%\100 /VE /D "Démarrer" /f and do double click on RunOnceEx.cmd and go see the resultats in registre i found out that the Word "Démarrer" looks like "DÚmarrer", so i look for MS-Dos Codepage, it's don't help at all, those letters (caracters like é, è, ç, à and others don't look what i type it for, if i type é and it's wrote in the registre as Ú.

I hope you understand what i mean and hoping someone can explain me how or what i can do about this.

Please help me.

Thanks for your help

Irving

[jaclaz]

Yes,

welcome at the computer strange things club:

1) DOS (written by Microsoft) uses a system to code special characters (ASCII)

2) Windows (written by Microsoft) uses another one (ANSI)

The said multinational sells software that is advertised as a simpler way of communication!

Here is an ASCII/ANSI table+uti:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/r...ey/asciicat.htm

A way to quickly input characters via the key pad with some info:

http://members.aol.com/dwise1/sprachen/keypad.html

And some utilities:

http://short.stop.home.att.net/freesoft/txtfrmt.htm

jaclaz

[prathapml]

@Alpheratz

The best thing is to simply not use special characters. All those characters, I know those are normal in non-English languages. But if you want things to turn out exactly as you said it to, sticking to plain alphabets and numbers is the best thing.

Moreover, I always try to stay away from using symbols (example: &,@,$,%,*,~) in the batch-files, since many of them have their own meaning and usage in a command-line. Similarly, just simply not using anything other than A-Z or 0-9 is a good policy. Call it conservative, but fact is that this guarantees results every-time - not so once you start using special characters.

[mazin]

@Alpheratz13

That was answered before. I recall I read this solution:

Replace é in Démarrer with ?.

[Alpheratz13]

Evening,

Thanks guys,

@jaclaz :

Thank you for your links, i have look at it, but i have try already what they said.

@prathapml :

Yes, i know is better without caracters special, but i am someone like to be perfect (or nearly)

@mazin :

I have done what you said, but it's don't works, it's look as "D?marrer"

But nevermind, it's better what prathapml wrote, use no caracters special.

Thank you for yours help

Irving