Android Question Filenames with High bit characters in files directory prevent B4A compling

Create a textfile which maps from
minute-Fen fenzhong
to
Fēn fēnzhōng

Use only A-Z, A-Z, -, _, 0-9 in filenames.

DonManfred said:

Create a textfile which maps from
minute-Fen fenzhong
to
Fēn fēnzhōng

Use only A-Z, A-Z, -, _, 0-9 in filenames.

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Ugh, I generating the filenames automatically and there will be a lot. You have any idea how to co convert them automatically i.e.. map the characters to regular ASCII?

This is pure speculation and probably won't help you in any way, but I remember that compilation renames all files to be lowercase.

Perhaps there's simply a problem converting "Fēn fēnzhōng" to "fēn fēnzhōng". And by that I don't mean the initial "F" but converting the characters with macrons to lowercase. (Which they already are, but you probably understand what I mean.)

MrKim said:

You have any idea how to co convert them automatically i.e.. map the characters to regular ASCII?

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I had a quick chat with ChatGPT. Assume it's insane and hallucinate about everything, but at least it claims to be able to do it. Perhaps there's some inspiration to find in there:

MrKim said:

Ugh, I generating the filenames automatically and there will be a lot. You have any idea how to co convert them automatically i.e.. map the characters to regular ASCII?

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If the names are not too long then using ByteConverter.HexFromBytes(Name.GetBytes("utf8")) will do the job.