(Visual Basic 6.0) 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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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim charset As New ChilkatCharset

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

Dim success As Long
success = charset.ConvertFile("qa_data/txt/helloWorld.txt","qa_output/helloWorldBom.txt")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print charset.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Success."