ANSI / Unicode conflict in batch file

Question

I have some batch files that use a text file for language-independancy. Until yesterday all worked fine ... but then I began translating the standard texts to Dutch and German.

Answer 1

Your problem is that cmd uses code page 850 (in the US it may be 437), type chcp to see. English Windows uses 1252 elsewhere.

GUI programs

ñ 0xf1

Console programs

ñ 0xa4

If you are on 32 bit use edit.exe (a msdos text editor). Else you can use Word and save as MSDos text.

Answer 2

three years late, but...

you can convert the file to ANSI "on the fly" with the type command:

...  %%a in ('type "%EnvPath%Text.txt"') do (