Article Index THSField class THSBaseObject class THSObject class THSBaseList and descendants "Weak" and "strong" references Unicode support XML support The kernel object

Unicode support

HSOK supports two Unicode types :

1. WideString - represented by THSWideStringField class
2. TWideStringList (like TStringList) - represented by THSWideStrListField class

Values of fields of type WideString and TWideStringList are read and written from/to text files in UTF-8 format. To convert them we use WideStringToUTF8 and UTF8ToWideString functions from the HSUnicode module. THSObjectGrid component supplied with HSOK package is able to draw the content of these fields, but only if a proper font is chosen (that means supporting Unicode characters, e.g. Arial). Sorting and searching using these fields uses native Delphi WideString comparison methods.