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

Test functions:

Let([
i = "tränenüberströmt";
r = MBS( "Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterDecomposition"; i);
t = MBS( "Text.Characters"; r)

];
r & ¶ & t & ¶ &
"before " & MBS("Text.Length"; i) & ", after " & MBS("Text.Length"; r))

Example result:
tränenüberströmt
116 114 97 776 110 101 110 117 776 98 101 114 115 116 114 111 776 109 116
before 16, after 19

See also

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

Release notes

• Version 12.1
  • Rewrote Text.RemoveControlCharacters, Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterDecomposition and Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterComposition functions to preserve text styles.
• Version 10.1
  • Fixed bug with Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterComposition function not working for all characters.

Example Databases

• Text functions/Unicode Compositions

Blog Entries

• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 12.1pr2
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 10.1pr4

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Created 3th August 2015, last changed 31st January 2022

Text.ConvertToTextEncoding - Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterDecomposition