Character does not convert in C#

Question

I am converting a program to C# from VB.NET.  The last character of the field (from a DB) below does not come back correctly.  It has a tilde or something over the "E".

I have "BAULÉ" that does not get converted correct in C# but did in VB.NET.

I am using StreamWriter and tried Encoding and nothing seem to work.

Do you have any idea what to do?

Thanks,
arep

Answer 1

Well, I'm virtually certain that it's an encoding problem but, unless the encoding was set specifically with VB.NET, then it's difficult to see why it wouldn't work in C# as well.

The default encoding for StreamWriter is UTF8 which can handle any unicode character.

However, BAULÉ looks like it might be a French name so I'd try Windows 1252:

var sw = new StreamWriter(filePath, Encoding.GetEncoding(1252));

Answer 2

Thanks.  That worked.  When I researched it a little, now I thing this would work to.

Encoding.Default
arep