(PowerBuilder) Convert a File's Character Encoding from UTF-8 to UFT-8-BOM

To add a utf-8 BOM to a file is just a matter of prepending these 3 bytes to the file: 0xEF 0xBB 0xBF.

This may be difficult in some programming languages, or it may be trivial in either. Therefore, the Chilkat solution you see here might be helpful, or in a language such as C++, the Chilkat solution isn't really necessary because it's easy to do yourself.

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Charset
integer li_Success

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loo_Charset = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Charset" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Charset.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Charset")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Charset
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

loo_Charset.FromCharset = "utf-8"
loo_Charset.ToCharset = "bom-utf-8"

li_Success = loo_Charset.ConvertFile("qa_data/txt/helloWorld.txt","qa_output/helloWorldBom.txt")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Charset.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Charset
    return
end if

Write-Debug "Success."


destroy loo_Charset