Hi James and Peters, The steps that the program opens the file: 1. Use TTntOpenDialog to get the file name in WideString, the file is a shared file in another PC that have different codepage. 2. Call Tntsystem.WideStringToStringEx(aFileName, DefaultSystemCodePage) to convert the widestring to string, 3. WideStringToStringEx internally calls WideCharToMultiByte, the source code: //------------------------------------------------------------------ //source code function WideStringToStringEx(const WS: WideString; CodePage: Cardinal): AnsiString; var InputLength, OutputLength: Integer; begin if CodePage = CP_UTF7 then Result := WideStringToUTF7(WS) // CP_UTF7 not supported on Windows 95 else if CodePage = CP_UTF8 then Result := WideStringToUTF8(WS) // CP_UTF8 not supported on Windows 95 else begin InputLength := Length(WS); OutputLength := WideCharToMultiByte(CodePage, 0, PWideChar(WS), InputLength, nil, 0, nil, nil); SetLength(Result, OutputLength); WideCharToMultiByte(CodePage, 0, PWideChar(WS), InputLength, PAnsiChar(Result), OutputLength, nil, nil); end; end; //end source code //------------------------------------------------------------------ Is the parameter DefaultSystemCodePage caused the problem? But windows Explorer can copy the file, How can I solve the problem in Delphi? Thanks. Best Regards, Edwin http://www.innovationgear.com MindVisualizer -- Productive Visual Mind Mapping Software 2007-07-24 Sender£º James Turner Sent£º 2007-07-11 17:32:40 Recipient£º delphizip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx CC£º Subject£º [delphizip] Re: error when reading a zip file in another PC Using the short filename **might** work since it probably has only ascii characters (never checked this). Are you using standard Delphi conversions or working with MultibyteToWideChar and WideCharToMultibyte directly? If you use the style ES_OEMCONVERT in any editboxes, this might generate a conversion problem (never studied this). -- James Turner Edwin wrote: > Do you mean call GetShortPathName before setting the value of the ZipFileName > property? The path name and file name that the user reported did not exceed > the max. 255 characters. > BTW, since I use WideString as much as I can in the program, the path name is > converted from WideString to string before assigning to the property > TZipMaster.ZipFileName, using the routines in the TNT Controls package, I'm > not sure is there error in the conversion.... > > > > > Best Regards, > Edwin > http://www.innovationgear.com > MindVisualizer -- Productive Visual Mind Mapping Software > 2007-07-11 > > > > Sender£º James Turner > Sent£º 2007-07-09 19:16:49 > Recipient£º delphizip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > CC£º > Subject£º [delphizip] Re: error when reading a zip file in another PC > > It's just a guess, but perhaps using the short filename would help. > > This can be found using the API function GetShortPathName. On some > versions of Windows, it can be found from the property sheet. > > -- James Turner > > RPeters wrote: > > > I would say it is quite likely. > > My understanding is that the UNC 'share name' still follows the old > > restricted character rules - if I am wrong I will quite a bit of code to > > adapt. > > > > I doubt that 1.79 (or earlier) is very friendly with MBCS characters either. > > If you are using 1.79 you could have it generate a log file (put an > > appropriate ini file in the same folder as the dll). > > - Russell Peters > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: delphizip-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:delphizip- > > > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edwin > > > Sent: Monday, 9 July 2007 6:54 PM > > > To: delphizip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [delphizip] error when reading a zip file in another PC > > > > > > Dear sir/Madam, > > > > > > Error when reading a zip file which is located in another PC and the > > > UNI path reads like \\pc1\folder1\my_file.zip, where folder1 contains > > > Chinese characters. This error is reported by one of my users and I > > > cannot reproduce this error in my office. Any tips would be > > > appreciated. > > > > > > BTW, Is the archive of this list available? > > > -------------- > > > Best Regards, > > > Edwin > > > http://www.innovationgear.com > > > MindVisualizer -- Productive Visual Mind Mapping Software > > > 2007-07-09 > > > > > > ----------- > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty e-mail > > > message to: > > > delphizip-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > and put the word unsubscribe in the subject. > > > > > > __________ NOD32 2384 (20070708) Information __________ > > > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > ----------- > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty e-mail > > message to: > > delphizip-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > and put the word unsubscribe in the subject. > > > > > > > ----------- > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty e-mail > message to: > delphizip-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and put the word unsubscribe in the subject. > > > ----------- > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty e-mail > message to: > delphizip-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and put the word unsubscribe in the subject. > > ----------- To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty e-mail message to: delphizip-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word unsubscribe in the subject. ----------- To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty e-mail message to: delphizip-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word unsubscribe in the subject.