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Streamreader interpreting special characters incorrectly

Hi all,

I'm using a streamreader to read a txt file in VB .NET, (for conversion of the data it contains to XML) and am coming up against the problem that the streamreader doesn't interpret special characters correctly:  "á" is interpreted as "ý", while German vowels with Umlauts ("ä, ö, ü") are interpreted in &...; form (ä, ö ü, respectively).

The question is: Can I change the encoding the streamreader uses so that it interrprets the text correctly?"

Thanks very much in advance

JaimeHy
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reader.CurrentEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(1250);
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sorry in vb
Dim sr As StreamReader = New StreamReader("TestFile.txt", System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(1250))
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Thanks vilimed,

Your answer was simple, taciturn and most of all it worked.

I'm much obliged 8 [tips hat]
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Isn't 1250 Central European?  I used 1252 in the end.
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yes 1250 is Central European. I am from Central European.-))
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What flavour of central European?  I'm a westerner myself (about as far west as you can get without going for a swim in the Atlantic (Irish).

Thanks again!

Jaimeh