Question

I have this code :

string ABSfilePath = "";

CsvFileReader reader = null;
ABSfilePath = Server.MapPath("/myfile.csv");

try
{
    reader = new CsvFileReader(ABSfilePath);

    CsvRow myRow = new CsvRow();
    while (reader.ReadRow(myRow))
    {
        Response.Write(myRow[0].ToString()+"<br />");
    }
}
catch (Exception err)
{
    Response.Write(err.Message);
}
finally
{
    if (reader != null)
        reader.Dispose();
}

but when I try to import my file myfile.csv, some chars are “uncorrectly” encoded, like :

STATUA DELLA LIBERT�

So, how can encode this? Thanks

Answer 1

reader = new CsvFileReader(ABSfilePath);

is the culprit. You should first open a StreamReader with the correct encoding (I suspect UTF-8),

StreamReader MyStreamReader = new StreamReader(ABSfilePath, System.Text.Encoding.WhateverYouNeed);

then do

reader = new CsvFileReader(MyStreamReader.BaseStream);