Re: New FAQ page

From: Doug Ewell (dewell@roadrunner.com)
Date: Sat Oct 13 2007 - 17:59:20 CDT

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    Philippe Verdy <verdy underscore p at wanadoo dot fr>

    >> This is explicitly specified in the "best fit" mappings on the
    >> Unicode site, which are based on .NET behavior, as Peter knows:
    >>
    >> CPINFO 1 0x3f 0x003f ;Single Byte CP, Default Char = Question Mark
    >
    > Note however that the codepage conversion API (in the Windows SDK)
    > allows an application to specify the behaviour for unmapped
    > characters. Only the default value of this API is using a mapping to a
    > question mark, but other behaviour is possible: returning en error or
    > exception, using another default mapping (for example a SUB control).

    All right, then:

    This is explicitly specified in the "best fit" mappings on the Unicode
    site, which are based on **DEFAULT** .NET behavior.

    Which I'm sure is what is being used in the Windows apps where John
    Hudson noticed the question marks.

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