Unicode Metadata

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   Hi,

   I'm not sure, but it seems like I am no longer able to write Metadata using unicode text for my Japanese, Chinese etc. customers. Here is my code:

    ' Set Information of PDF
    '-----------------------
    If fUnicodeUser Then
        '1 = Author
        rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(1, oPDF.ToPDFUnicode(Author))
        '2 = Title
        rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(2, oPDF.ToPDFUnicode(Title))
        '3 = Subject
        rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(3, oPDF.ToPDFUnicode(Subject))
        '4 = Keywords
        rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(4, oPDF.ToPDFUnicode(Keywords))

    Else
        '1 = Author
        rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(1, Author)
        '2 = Title
        rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(2, Title)
        '3 = Subject
        rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(3, Subject)
        '4 = Keywords
        rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(4, Keywords)

    End If

   When I recover the data from QuickPDF, it looks OK, but when I view the information from within Adobe's Reader or FoxIt's Reader, I see garbage.

   Here is an example of what I set and recover using QuickPDF:
Author -サルエルパンツ
   Appears like this in PDF Reader and FoxIt Reader (with Windows set to Japanese and the Reader too):
Author -ƒTƒ‹ƒGƒ‹ƒpƒ“ƒc
   Any ideas?

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Michel_K17 Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie www.exp-systems.com Joined: 25 Jan 03 Status: Offline Points: 297	Post Options Post Reply Quote Michel_K17 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Unicode Metadata Posted: 10 Sep 09 at 4:57AM
	Hi, I'm not sure, but it seems like I am no longer able to write Metadata using unicode text for my Japanese, Chinese etc. customers. Here is my code: ' Set Information of PDF '----------------------- If fUnicodeUser Then '1 = Author rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(1, oPDF.ToPDFUnicode(Author)) '2 = Title rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(2, oPDF.ToPDFUnicode(Title)) '3 = Subject rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(3, oPDF.ToPDFUnicode(Subject)) '4 = Keywords rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(4, oPDF.ToPDFUnicode(Keywords)) Else '1 = Author rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(1, Author) '2 = Title rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(2, Title) '3 = Subject rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(3, Subject) '4 = Keywords rtn = oPDF.SetInformation(4, Keywords) End If When I recover the data from QuickPDF, it looks OK, but when I view the information from within Adobe's Reader or FoxIt's Reader, I see garbage. Here is an example of what I set and recover using QuickPDF: Author -サルエルパンツ Appears like this in PDF Reader and FoxIt Reader (with Windows set to Japanese and the Reader too): Author -ƒTƒ‹ƒGƒ‹ƒpƒ“ƒc Any ideas?
	Michel

shimax Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 03 Oct 09 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote shimax Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Oct 09 at 10:37AM
	I am a Japenese and I am also annoyed by the samge kind of characters garbage. The byte order of サムエルパンツ　in Shift_JIS(most common Japanese character codes) is 0x83 54 83 80 83 47 83 8B 83 70 83 93 83 63. If these byte order is interpreted as Windows-1252, the output turns out to be ƒTƒ‹ƒGƒ‹ƒpƒ“ƒc. There is the same kind of phonomena in both SetFormFieldValue and AddGlobalJavaScript as far as I test the trial: 7.1.6.