(VBScript) Read Japanese utf-8 CSV File

Demonstrates how to read a utf-8 .csv file containing some Japanese characters.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

' 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")
set csv = CreateObject("Chilkat.Csv")

' Prior to loading the CSV file, indicate that the 1st row
' should be treated as column names:
csv.HasColumnNames = 1

' Load the CSV records from the file.
' Important: Make sure to call LoadFile2 so that the charset (utf-8)
' of the CSV file can be indicated.
success = csv.LoadFile2("qa_data/csv/japanese.csv","utf-8")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(csv.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Display the contents of the 3rd column

n = csv.NumRows
For row = 0 To n - 1
    outFile.WriteLine(csv.GetCell(row,2))
Next

outFile.Close