Converting file encoding after reading StreamReader in Compact Framework

Question

I read the text file line by line, so far so good. I just use this:

    using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(this._inFilePath))

            {
                string line;
                int index = 0;

                // Read and display lines from the file until the end of 
                // the file is reached:
                while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
                {
                    //skip empty lines
                    if (line == "")
                    {
                        continue;
                    } 
}
}

It has now come to my attention that I may need to convert the file to Unicode after reading it. How is it done? Does anyone use Convert class?

Answer 1

You cannot convert text to Unicode after reading it, since it will already by a string by then, containing actual characters mapping to Unicode code points. What you're doing in your code example is reading the file as Unicode, since that is the default StreamReader behavior.

What makes you think you have to convert anything? Is the text corrupted?

Answer 2

problem solved:

            using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(this._inFilePath, System.Text.Encoding.Default))

apparently Default corresponds to ANSI and the files produced were ANSI (not UTF-8).

THanks for your replies everyone!