[Info-vax] character set translation for language accents

[jcwoman1963 at hotmail.com]

I'm writing an interface between some software that runs on Windows
and my software that runs on VMS, and having a problem with character
set translation.  The Windows software is using a character set that
enables accented characters.  I'm not sure exactly which one (utf-?)
but the user interface for the software is in French.  When it sends
text data through my interface, it's sending the accented characters.

When the data comes into my program on VMS, the accented characters
have been lost/removed.  My software is running on VMS 8.3 on
Integrity.  Is there some way to make it accept/handle the accented
characters properly?