rss problem

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Hi, this is my first post here..
I Downloaded an rss reader and modified the interface a bit, ( only graphics ), but it only seem to work with my local newspapers rss-feed eg. the last swedish characters in the alphabet å,ä and ö, with other swedish papers rss feeds, i get squares, questionmarks and so on, instead of the proper characters, can somebody direct me to what is wrong ?
Thanks !
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I think it has to do with how special characters are written in code

For instance, I found that the dash character (-) appears as & #045; on my feeds.

A little scripting can replace common coding errors like that with the actual characters

If I know which widget you're using I could crack it open and see if the problem can be fixed in the script. Also what's the url for the site are you trying to get feeds from?


Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Hi
It was the gamespy rss,i Did change the main link inside the code just for trying, the one that works is:
http://hd.se/rss/ettan/senaste.xml
The ones the are problems with are:
http://www.aftonbladet.se/rss/nyheter.xml
http://www.dn.se/nyheter-rss
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I had a look at the widget and the sites. To my understanding some feeds are formatted to handle foreign characters and symbols, others aren't. If you take a look at the script for the widget you'll find a series of code that look like this:

rssdata = Replace(rssdata, "'", "'")

This is where you would replace the gibberish with the correct characters.
Unfortunately there's no way to type squares, and even if you could there would be no way to tell if that square is actually an ä, ö, or an ë. Sorry, I don't see any solution here. Keep asking around though, maybe some more experienced coders around Stardock/WinCustiomize can help you out.   
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Hi
Yes I will surf this site and others, too see if there is any programming exampels in Jscript and VBscript, however I found a lot in VBscript but I have a harder time finding Jscript examples, seems like people confuse Javascript and Jscript??