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Is there any way to set visual studio 2005 and 2008 to default new xml/xsl/xsd files to be utf-8 instead of utf-16?
i've done some looking but i just can't find a good site to refer to.. also i've looked all over the options but i don't see it...
any clue?
Since you can’t set the default in the options, you may consider these alternatives: http://devblog.ailon.org/devblog/post/2007/11/05/File-Encoding-in-Visual-Studio.aspx
The default encoding is based on the language Windows is set to. However, you may be able to change that. In Visual Studio, click Options > Environment > International Settings. Set to “English” if you can. That’s what my VS is set to, and my new XML files default to utf-8.
Also, you can always change the encoding when you save a file, even though that’s not really the solution to your problem. Click File > Advanced Save Options, and select UTF-8.