(Visual FoxPro) Write utf-8 CSV Compatible with Excel

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A CSV containing non-English characters that is saved using the utf-8 character encoding must include a BOM (also known as a preamble) if it is to be correctly loaded into Excel. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark

This example shows how to save the CSV to a file using utf-8 with a BOM.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.93 or later.

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LOCAL loCsv
LOCAL lnSuccess

* This example program loads a file (japanese.csv)
* that contains this content:
* 
* year,color,country,food
* 2001,red,France,cheese
* 2005,blue,"United States",hamburger
* 2008,green,Italy,pasta
* 1998,orange,Japan,sushi
* 2010,silver,"太志","森田"
* 

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Csv')
loCsv = CreateObject('Chilkat.Csv')
loCsv.HasColumnNames = 1
lnSuccess = loCsv.LoadFile2("qa_data/csv/test.csv","utf-8")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loCsv.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loCsv
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* To save the CSV using utf-8 with a BOM/preamble, 
* add "EMIT_BOM" to the UncommonOptions.
* (This feature was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.93)

loCsv.UncommonOptions = "EMIT_BOM"
lnSuccess = loCsv.SaveFile2("qa_output/test.csv","utf-8")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loCsv.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loCsv
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "OK, try to load the CSV in Excel to see if the non-English chars are correct."

RELEASE loCsv