Charset CkPython Reference Documentation
CkCharset
Current Version: 10.1.2
A component/class for converting character data from one encoding to another. This software is unique in that the data required for converting to/from the supported charsets is entirely embedded witin the Chilkat DLL/library. It does not depend on what code pages may or may not be installed on a particular computer. This allows programs to operate correctly regardless of the locale, OS version, or other factors.
Object Creation
obj = chilkat.CkCharset()
Properties
AltToCharset
# ckStr is a CkString
charset.get_AltToCharset(ckStr);
strVal = charset.altToCharset();
charset.put_AltToCharset(strVal);
If the ErrorAction property is set to 6, then this property controls how errors are handled. It specifies an alternate "To" charset. When a character in the input data cannot be converted to the target charset, an attempt is made to convert it to the AltToCharset. If that fails, the input character is dropped.
topDebugLogFilePath
# ckStr is a CkString
charset.get_DebugLogFilePath(ckStr);
strVal = charset.debugLogFilePath();
charset.put_DebugLogFilePath(strVal);
If set to a file path, this property logs the LastErrorText of each Chilkat method or property call to the specified file. This logging helps identify the context and history of Chilkat calls leading up to any crash or hang, aiding in debugging.
Enabling the VerboseLogging property provides more detailed information. This property is mainly used for debugging rare instances where a Chilkat method call causes a hang or crash, which should generally not happen.
Possible causes of hangs include:
- A timeout property set to 0, indicating an infinite timeout.
- A hang occurring within an event callback in the application code.
- An internal bug in the Chilkat code causing the hang.
ErrorAction
intVal = charset.get_ErrorAction();
charset.put_ErrorAction(intVal);
Controls how errors are handled. When a character in the input data cannot be converted to the target charset, the action taken is controlled by this property. The possible settings are: (0) drop the error characters, (1) substitute the data set by the SetErrorBytes or SetErrorString method, (2) convert to a hex-escaped string (&#xXXXX), (3) RESERVED, (4) RESERVED, (5) RESERVED, (6) convert the error character to the AltToCharset instead, if that fails then drop the character, (7) Pass non-convertible characters to the output unchanged.
topFromCharset
# ckStr is a CkString
charset.get_FromCharset(ckStr);
strVal = charset.fromCharset();
charset.put_FromCharset(strVal);
Tells the charset converter the charset of the input data for a conversion. Possible values are:
<font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"> us-ascii unicode (also known as UTF16LE or simply UTF16) unicodefffe (also known as UTF16BE) ebcdic iso-8859-1 iso-8859-2 iso-8859-3 iso-8859-4 iso-8859-5 iso-8859-6 iso-8859-7 iso-8859-8 iso-8859-9 iso-8859-13 iso-8859-15 windows-874 windows-1250 windows-1251 windows-1252 windows-1253 windows-1254 windows-1255 windows-1256 windows-1257 windows-1258 utf-7 utf-8 utf-32 utf-32be shift_jis gb2312 ks_c_5601-1987 big5 iso-2022-jp iso-2022-kr euc-jp euc-kr macintosh x-mac-japanese x-mac-chinesetrad x-mac-korean x-mac-arabic x-mac-hebrew x-mac-greek x-mac-cyrillic x-mac-chinesesimp x-mac-romanian x-mac-ukrainian x-mac-thai x-mac-ce x-mac-icelandic x-mac-turkish x-mac-croatian asmo-708 dos-720 dos-862 ibm01140 ibm01141 ibm01142 ibm01143 ibm01144 ibm01145 ibm01146 ibm01147 ibm01148 ibm01149 ibm037 ibm437 ibm500 ibm737 ibm775 ibm850 ibm852 ibm855 ibm857 ibm00858 ibm860 ibm861 ibm863 ibm864 ibm865 cp866 ibm869 ibm870 cp875 koi8-r koi8-u </font>top
LastErrorHtml
# ckStr is a CkString
charset.get_LastErrorHtml(ckStr);
strVal = charset.lastErrorHtml();
Provides HTML-formatted information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.
topLastErrorText
# ckStr is a CkString
charset.get_LastErrorText(ckStr);
strVal = charset.lastErrorText();
Provides plain text information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.
LastErrorXml
# ckStr is a CkString
charset.get_LastErrorXml(ckStr);
strVal = charset.lastErrorXml();
Provides XML-formatted information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.
topLastInputAsHex
# ckStr is a CkString
charset.get_LastInputAsHex(ckStr);
strVal = charset.lastInputAsHex();
If SaveLast is set to true, then the input and output of a conversion is saved to allow the exact bytes that are sent to the converter to be seen (for debugging purposes). This property shows the last input data in a hexidecimalized string.
topLastInputAsQP
# ckStr is a CkString
charset.get_LastInputAsQP(ckStr);
strVal = charset.lastInputAsQP();
If SaveLast is set to true, then the input and output of a conversion is saved to allow the exact bytes that are sent to the converter to be seen (for debugging purposes). This property shows the last input data in a quoted-printable string.
topLastMethodSuccess
boolVal = charset.get_LastMethodSuccess();
charset.put_LastMethodSuccess(boolVal);
Indicates the success or failure of the most recent method call: True means success, False means failure. This property remains unchanged by property setters or getters. This method is present to address challenges in checking for null or Nothing returns in certain programming languages.
topLastOutputAsHex
# ckStr is a CkString
charset.get_LastOutputAsHex(ckStr);
strVal = charset.lastOutputAsHex();
If SaveLast is set to true, then the input and output of a conversion is saved to allow the exact bytes that are sent to the converter to be seen (for debugging purposes). This property shows the last output data in a hexidecimalized string.
topLastOutputAsQP
# ckStr is a CkString
charset.get_LastOutputAsQP(ckStr);
strVal = charset.lastOutputAsQP();
If SaveLast is set to true, then the input and output of a conversion is saved to allow the exact bytes that are sent to the converter to be seen (for debugging purposes). This property shows the last output data in a quoted-printable string.
topSaveLast
boolVal = charset.get_SaveLast();
charset.put_SaveLast(boolVal);
Tells the component to keep the input/output byte data in memory after a conversion is complete so the data can be examined via the LastInputAsHex/QP and LastOutputAsHex/QP properties. (for debugging purposes)
topToCharset
# ckStr is a CkString
charset.get_ToCharset(ckStr);
strVal = charset.toCharset();
charset.put_ToCharset(strVal);
Tells the charset converter the target charset for a conversion. Possible values are:
<font size="2" face="MS Sans Serif"> us-ascii unicode (also known as UTF16LE or simply UTF16) unicodefffe (also known as UTF16BE) ebcdic iso-8859-1 iso-8859-2 iso-8859-3 iso-8859-4 iso-8859-5 iso-8859-6 iso-8859-7 iso-8859-8 iso-8859-9 iso-8859-13 iso-8859-15 windows-874 windows-1250 windows-1251 windows-1252 windows-1253 windows-1254 windows-1255 windows-1256 windows-1257 windows-1258 utf-7 utf-8 utf-32 utf-32be shift_jis gb2312 ks_c_5601-1987 big5 iso-2022-jp iso-2022-kr euc-jp euc-kr macintosh x-mac-japanese x-mac-chinesetrad x-mac-korean x-mac-arabic x-mac-hebrew x-mac-greek x-mac-cyrillic x-mac-chinesesimp x-mac-romanian x-mac-ukrainian x-mac-thai x-mac-ce x-mac-icelandic x-mac-turkish x-mac-croatian asmo-708 dos-720 dos-862 ibm01140 ibm01141 ibm01142 ibm01143 ibm01144 ibm01145 ibm01146 ibm01147 ibm01148 ibm01149 ibm037 ibm437 ibm500 ibm737 ibm775 ibm850 ibm852 ibm855 ibm857 ibm00858 ibm860 ibm861 ibm863 ibm864 ibm865 cp866 ibm869 ibm870 cp875 koi8-r koi8-u </font>top
Utf8
boolVal = charset.get_Utf8();
charset.put_Utf8(boolVal);
When set to True, all "const char *" arguments are interpreted as utf-8 strings. If set to False (the default), then "const char *" arguments are interpreted as ANSI strings. Also, when set to True, and Chilkat method returning a "const char *" is returning the utf-8 representation. If set to False, all "const char *" return values are ANSI strings.
topVerboseLogging
boolVal = charset.get_VerboseLogging();
charset.put_VerboseLogging(boolVal);
If set to True, then the contents of LastErrorText (or LastErrorXml, or LastErrorHtml) may contain more verbose information. The default value is False. Verbose logging should only be used for debugging. The potentially large quantity of logged information may adversely affect peformance.
topVersion
Methods
CharsetToCodePage
retInt = charset.CharsetToCodePage(charsetName);
Converts a character set name, such as "iso-8859-1," to its corresponding code page number, like 28591.
topCodePageToCharset
# outCharset is a CkString (output)
status = charset.CodePageToCharset(codePage, outStr);
retStr = charset.codePageToCharset(codePage);
Converts a code page number to a charset name. For example, 65001 converts to "utf-8".
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topConvertData
# outData is a CkByteData (output)
status = charset.ConvertData(inData, outData);
Converts character data from one charset to another. Before calling ConvertData, the FromCharset and ToCharset properties must be set to the source and destination charset names, such as "iso-8859-1" or "Shift_JIS".
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topConvertFile
# destPath is a string
status = charset.ConvertFile(inPath, destPath);
Converts a file from one character encoding to another. The FromCharset and ToCharset properties specify the source and destination character encodings. If the ToCharset is utf-16 or utf-8, then the preamble (also known as BOM) is included in the output. (Call ConvertFileNoPreamble to suppress the output of the BOM.)
Returns True for success, False for failure.
ConvertFileNoPreamble
# destPath is a string
retBool = charset.ConvertFileNoPreamble(inPath, destPath);
Converts a file from one character encoding to another. The FromCharset and ToCharset properties specify the source and destination character encodings. No preamble (also known as BOM) is included in the output.
topConvertFromUnicode
# outBytes is a CkByteData (output)
status = charset.ConvertFromUnicode(inData, outData);
Converts Unicode (utf-16) text to the charset specified by the ToCharset property.
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topConvertFromUtf16
# outMbData is a CkByteData (output)
status = charset.ConvertFromUtf16(uniData, outData);
Converts utf-16 text to the charset specified by the ToCharset property.
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topConvertHtml
# outHtml is a CkByteData (output)
status = charset.ConvertHtml(inData, outData);
Converts HTML text from one character encoding to another. The FromCharset and ToCharset properties must be set prior to calling this method. This method automatically edits the META tag within the HTML that indicates the charset.
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topConvertHtmlFile
# destPath is a string
status = charset.ConvertHtmlFile(inPath, destPath);
Converts an HTML file from one character encoding to another. The ToCharset properties must be set prior to calling this method. If the FromCharset is not set, it is obtained from the HTML META tag that indicates the charset. This method automatically edits the META tag within the HTML that indicates the charset.
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topConvertToUnicode
# outStr is a CkString (output)
status = charset.ConvertToUnicode(inData, outStr);
retStr = charset.convertToUnicode(inData);
Converts multibyte character data to a Unicode string. The FromCharset property should be set before calling this method.
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topConvertToUtf16
# outUniData is a CkByteData (output)
status = charset.ConvertToUtf16(mbData, outData);
EntityEncodeDec
# outStr is a CkString (output)
status = charset.EntityEncodeDec(str, outStr);
retStr = charset.entityEncodeDec(str);
Converts non-US-ASCII characters to Unicode decimal entities (&#xxxxx;)
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topEntityEncodeHex
# outStr is a CkString (output)
status = charset.EntityEncodeHex(str, outStr);
retStr = charset.entityEncodeHex(str);
Converts non-US-ASCII characters to Unicode hex entities (&#xXXXX;)
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topGetHtmlCharset
# outCharset is a CkString (output)
status = charset.GetHtmlCharset(inData, outStr);
retStr = charset.getHtmlCharset(inData);
Examines HTML text and extracts the charset name specified by the META tag, if present.
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topGetHtmlFileCharset
# outCharset is a CkString (output)
status = charset.GetHtmlFileCharset(htmlFilePath, outStr);
retStr = charset.getHtmlFileCharset(htmlFilePath);
Examines an HTML file and extracts the charset name specified by the META tag, if present.
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topHtmlDecodeToStr
# outStr is a CkString (output)
status = charset.HtmlDecodeToStr(inStr, outStr);
retStr = charset.htmlDecodeToStr(inStr);
HtmlEntityDecode
# outData is a CkByteData (output)
status = charset.HtmlEntityDecode(inHtml, outData);
Decodes HTML entities. See http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/entities.html for information on HTML entities. Examples of HTML entities are < , å , å , 水 , Í , etc.
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topHtmlEntityDecodeFile
# destPath is a string
status = charset.HtmlEntityDecodeFile(inPath, destPath);
Decodes HTML entities in a file and creates a new HTML file with the entities decoded. See http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/entities.html for information on HTML entities. Examples of HTML entities are < , å , å , 水 , Í , etc.
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topLowerCase
# outStr is a CkString (output)
status = charset.LowerCase(inStr, outStr);
retStr = charset.lowerCase(inStr);
ReadFile
Convenience method for reading the entire contents of a file into a byte array.
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topReadFileToString
# charset is a string
# outStr is a CkString (output)
status = charset.ReadFileToString(path, charset, outStr);
retStr = charset.readFileToString(path, charset);
Reads a text file and returns the text converted to a Unicode string. The filename is specified by the first method argument, and the charset of the text data is specified by the 2nd method argument.
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topSetErrorString
# charset is a string
charset.SetErrorString(str, charset);
If the ErrorAction property is set to 1, the string passed to this method is used as the result for any characters that cannot be converted during a conversion.
topUpperCase
# outStr is a CkString (output)
status = charset.UpperCase(inStr, outStr);
retStr = charset.upperCase(inStr);
UrlDecodeStr
# outStr is a CkString (output)
status = charset.UrlDecodeStr(inStr, outStr);
retStr = charset.urlDecodeStr(inStr);
URL decodes a string.
This method assumes the ANSI byte representation was used for encoding. For example, the letter É, where the ANSI charset is Latin-1, would appear as "%C9" when URL encoded. (As opposed to the utf-8 encoding where É is represented by 2 bytes 0xC3, 0x89 and would appear as "%C3%89" when URl encoded. This method assumes ANSI encoding.
You can use encoding/decoding methods in Chilkat's StringBuilder class to specify the charset from which to decode or encode.
Returns True for success, False for failure.
topVerifyData
Returns true if the byte data conforms to the charset passed in the first argument.
topVerifyFile
# path is a string
retBool = charset.VerifyFile(charset, path);
Returns true if the file contains character data that conforms to the charset passed in the 1st argument.
topWriteFile
Convenience method for saving an entire byte array to a file.
topWriteStringToFile
# path is a string
# charset is a string
status = charset.WriteStringToFile(textData, path, charset);
Converts a Unicode string to a multibyte charset and writes the multibyte text data to a file. The destination charset is specified in the 2nd method argument.
Returns True for success, False for failure.
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