[Info-vax] character set translation for language accents

[Arne Vajhøj]

jcwoman1963 at hotmail.com wrote:
> 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?

More info is needed.

How are the data transferred?

When you say lost do the mean that there are another glyph on VMS
or that the data actually got shorter?

If another glyph please show examples of from and to.

Arne