Multiple languages

[bmahler]

Hello again all, Ok here is my dillemma. I have an application that reads a chat log from memory of a running game and then displays it in a window. What I am curions about is if it is possible to determine the character encoding of the bytes received so that I can determine wheter it is english or japanese. The chat log contains both text formats, but i can only seem to return one or the other. Thanks for any help

[sevenhalo]

Without seeing the difference and just based on encoding, you can determine if it's japanese by checking the unicode value of the text.

Private byt() As Byte = {56, 0, 57, 0, 67, 0, 13, 0, 74, 81, 75, 81, 76, 81}
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Me.RichTextBox1.Text = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetChars(byt)
        For Each chr As Char In Me.RichTextBox1.Text
            JapaneseEnglish(chr)
        Next chr
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub JapaneseEnglish(ByVal chr As Char)
        If System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(chr)(1) = 0 Then
            MessageBox.Show("English")
        Else
            MessageBox.Show("Japanese")
        End If
    End Sub

This is a very crude way of determining the language, but it will work... You'll also have to take into account that numbers fall on either side of the fence. There's probably more exceptions, but this is one way.

(Forgive me... The characters are chinese, but I'm not familiar with the language)