Problems with Charset Encoding

Here's my workflow... I've built a CMS and users enter their content through
a WYSIWYG component which is a text area replacement. Then I save that data
to a flat file with an ASP extension (I've used FSO as well as Text Streaming
with Charset UTF-8).

When the page renders, I do a Server.Execute to present this file inside the
design. The problem is that I get all sorts of weird characters. especially
with some spaces, returns and especially on curly quotes. Also... at the top
of the file I get the BOM characters. My pages are also using UTF-8. Has
anyone else seen this? How can I fix it?

Thank you.

Phil Grimpo
Executive Director
Inspirmedia

Adrienne Boswell

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July 26th, 2008
02:15 AM
#2

Re: Problems with Charset Encoding

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed =?Utf-8?B?R3JpbXBz?=
<Grimps@discussions.microsoft.comwriting in
news:ED5FD271-940A-4886-9B05-9BE453FCE155@microsoft.com:

Quote:

Here's my workflow... I've built a CMS and users enter their content
through a WYSIWYG component which is a text area replacement. Then I
save that data to a flat file with an ASP extension (I've used FSO as
well as Text Streaming with Charset UTF-8).
>
When the page renders, I do a Server.Execute to present this file
inside the design. The problem is that I get all sorts of weird
characters. especially with some spaces, returns and especially on
curly quotes. Also... at the top of the file I get the BOM characters.
My pages are also using UTF-8. Has anyone else seen this? How can I
fix it?
>
Thank you.
>
Phil Grimpo
Executive Director
Inspirmedia
>
>

Do you have a URL? What is character set is the server sending?

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Anthony Jones

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July 26th, 2008
07:35 AM
#3

Re: Problems with Charset Encoding

"Grimps" <Grimps@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:ED5FD271-940A-4886-9B05-9BE453FCE155@microsoft.com...

Quote:

Here's my workflow... I've built a CMS and users enter their content

through

Quote:

a WYSIWYG component which is a text area replacement. Then I save that

data

Quote:

to a flat file with an ASP extension (I've used FSO as well as Text

Streaming

Quote:

with Charset UTF-8).
>
When the page renders, I do a Server.Execute to present this file inside

the

Quote:

design. The problem is that I get all sorts of weird characters.

especially

Quote:

with some spaces, returns and especially on curly quotes. Also... at the

top

Quote:

of the file I get the BOM characters. My pages are also using UTF-8. Has
anyone else seen this? How can I fix it?
>

Most likely you've failed to inform the browser that it is getting UTF-8.
You need:-

Response.CharSet = "UTF-8" at the top of your host page.

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Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

Phil Grimpo

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July 26th, 2008
06:45 PM
#4

Re: Problems with Charset Encoding

I tried adding that to the top of my host page and it didn't seem to
work. Take a look at http://www.lutherhaven.com/ Notice the left
side, the BOM ( ) at the top of the file and then the boxes
throughout the left side. Any other ideas? Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks!

-Phil

Anthony Jones wrote:

Quote:

"Grimps" <Grimps@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:ED5FD271-940A-4886-9B05-9BE453FCE155@microsoft.com...

Quote:

>Here's my workflow... I've built a CMS and users enter their content

through

Quote:

>a WYSIWYG component which is a text area replacement. Then I save that

data

Quote:

>to a flat file with an ASP extension (I've used FSO as well as Text

Streaming

Quote:

>with Charset UTF-8).
>>
>When the page renders, I do a Server.Execute to present this file inside

the

Quote:

>design. The problem is that I get all sorts of weird characters.

especially

Quote:

>with some spaces, returns and especially on curly quotes. Also... at the

top

Quote:

>of the file I get the BOM characters. My pages are also using UTF-8. Has
>anyone else seen this? How can I fix it?
>>

>
Most likely you've failed to inform the browser that it is getting UTF-8.
You need:-
>
Response.CharSet = "UTF-8" at the top of your host page.
>
>

Phil Grimpo

Guest

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August 12th, 2008
10:15 PM
#5

Re: Problems with Charset Encoding

I've been seeing this more and more on the web. Anyone have any ideas
how to fix this?

Thanks!

-Phil

Phil Grimpo wrote:

Quote:

>"Grimps" <Grimps@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
>news:ED5FD271-940A-4886-9B05-9BE453FCE155@microsoft.com...

Quote:

>>Here's my workflow... I've built a CMS and users enter their content

>through

Quote:

>>a WYSIWYG component which is a text area replacement. Then I save that

>data

Quote:

>>to a flat file with an ASP extension (I've used FSO as well as Text

>Streaming

Quote:

>>with Charset UTF-8).
>>>
>>When the page renders, I do a Server.Execute to present this file inside

>the

Quote:

>>design. The problem is that I get all sorts of weird characters.

>especially

Quote:

>>with some spaces, returns and especially on curly quotes. Also... at the

>top

Quote:

>>of the file I get the BOM characters. My pages are also using UTF-8. Has
>>anyone else seen this? How can I fix it?
>>>

>>
>Most likely you've failed to inform the browser that it is getting UTF-8.
>You need:-
>>
>Response.CharSet = "UTF-8" at the top of your host page.
>>
>>