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Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterComposition

Converts text by applying unicode character normalization.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
Text	The text to process.	"Hello"

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Examples

Test function:

#some text
Set Variable [$text; Value:"ä ö ü"]
#now make decomposed
Set Variable [$decomposedText; Value:MBS("Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterDecomposition"; $text)]
#and composed again
Set Variable [$composedText; Value:MBS("Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterComposition"; $decomposedText)]
#Now show results. See the 776 for the Diaeresis?
Show Custom Dialog ["Result"; $text & " " & MBS("Text.Characters"; $text) & ¶ & $decomposedText & " " & MBS("Text.Characters…]

Test character composition with ä and Char function:

MBS("Text.Characters"; MBS( "Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterComposition"; Char(97) & Char(776) ))

Example result: 228

See also

• PDFKit.GetPDFPageText
• Text.Character
• Text.Characters
• Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterDecomposition

Example Databases

• Text functions/Unicode Compositions

Blog Entries

• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 10.1pr4

Release notes

• Version 10.1
  • Fixed bug with Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterComposition function not working for all characters.

Created 3th August 2015, last changed 14th February 2020

Text.ConvertToTextEncoding   -   Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterDecomposition

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