Issue 280 in alembic: no unicode characters in filenames possible

[ale...@googlecode.com]

Status: New
Owner: ----
Labels: Type-Defect FoundBy-Community

New issue 280 by justcomp...@gmail.com: no unicode characters in filenames
possible
http://code.google.com/p/alembic/issues/detail?id=280

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Try to create CreateArchiveWithInfo() with non ASCI characters in the
filename. Maybe the std::string filename parameter could be changed to a
String class where a UTF-8 encoded string can be passed?

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
- No archive will be created, an exception will be trown.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
- Latest Alembic Version 1.0.5 on Windows7 64/32bit and OSX >10.6.

Please provide any additional information below.
- We need to load and save abc files from locations where the filepath
contains unicode characters.

[ale...@googlecode.com]

Updates:
Labels: Priority-P1 Milestone-1.1

Comment #1 on issue 280 by miller.lucas: no unicode characters in filenames
possible
http://code.google.com/p/alembic/issues/detail?id=280

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[ale...@googlecode.com]

Updates:
Owner: miller.lucas

Comment #2 on issue 280 by miller.lucas: no unicode characters in filenames

[ale...@googlecode.com]

Comment #3 on issue 280 by miller.lucas: no unicode characters in filenames
possible
http://code.google.com/p/alembic/issues/detail?id=280

After a little research it turns out that UTF-8 encoding in a std::string
IS possible.

Using HDF5 1.8.9 and this commit:
http://code.google.com/r/millerlucas-dev/source/detail?r=8f6106ace33853ffd72ae76359618c606d73347c

I'm able to read and write UTF8 files on OSX 10.6.8 in Maya.

This checkin did not change the library, only support of UTF8 encoded
filenames in the Maya plugins.

[ale...@googlecode.com]

Updates:
Status: PleaseVerify

Comment #4 on issue 280 by miller.lucas: no unicode characters in filenames
possible
http://code.google.com/p/alembic/issues/detail?id=280