(Visual Basic 6.0) StringBuilder Encode Charset

Demonstrates the importance of the charset argument when encoding/decoding.

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Dim s As String
s = "é é é"

Dim sb As New ChilkatStringBuilder

success = sb.Append(s)
success = sb.EntityDecode()

' The string now contains: "é é é"
Debug.Print sb.GetAsString()

' If encoded to hex using the iso-8859-1 charset, 
' each é char is represented in 1 byte.
' Output: E920E920E9
Debug.Print sb.GetEncoded("hex","iso-8859-1")

' If encoded to hex using the utf-8 charset, 
' each é char is represented in 2 bytes.
' Output: C3A920C3A920C3A9
Debug.Print sb.GetEncoded("hex","utf-8")

' Here's utf-16
' Output: E9002000E9002000E900
Debug.Print sb.GetEncoded("hex","utf-16")

' utf-32
' Output: E900000020000000E900000020000000E9000000
Debug.Print sb.GetEncoded("hex","utf-32")