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Asked: 2026-05-29T09:06:23+00:00

So I notice that you can save solution files in UTF-8, Unicode or ANSI.

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So I notice that you can save solution files in UTF-8, Unicode or ANSI. Does anyone have any information on the pros or cons of using each one?

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    The obvious ones:

    • ANSI is 8 bits and can only hold a limited amount of characters
    • UTF-8 is a variable number of bits and supports the full range
    • Unicode is UTF-16 (2 bytes) and supports the full range

    So, if you are using characters not in ANSI in your solution file (folder names etc), they will get garbled.

    The other considerations are file sizes that result from how many bits each character is stored as.

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