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Conversion of German character for file value to property not working

I am using file helper to convert the flat file data to an object. When the file contains the German character the value comes in the property with a question mark.

eg : File value is :- Rücksprache mit Frau König abgewiesen wegen falscher BV

After conversion value is :- R�cksprache mit Frau K�nig abgewiesen wegen falscher BV.

[FixedLengthRecord()]
[IgnoreEmptyLines]
public class FileProperties
{  
    [FieldFixedLength(100)]
    public string ZMANMESSAGE{ get; set; }
}
Solution

  • Make sure you're using UTF-8 encoding when reading the file.

    var engine = new FileHelperEngine(typeof(T), Encoding.UTF8);

    Please also post the code for loading the files, your code snippet doesn't show the full scope of the issue.