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by Mika Kuuskankare :: Rate this Message:

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I'm guessing that the solution would be to pass the strings to C as  
unicode. I'm sure this is possible with the FLI but we may have to  
investigate a little. We should definitely fix this.

-Mika

On 27.6.2009, at 13:21, vnorilo@... wrote:

>
>> # When I choose "Audio/MIDI Setup..." under "PWGL" menu I get the
>> following error:
>>
>> Error: External format :ASCII got error reading #<Pointer to type
>> (:UNSIGNED :CHAR) = #x044DFED8> at position 15: Non-ASCII code 254.
>>
>> # I am using Windows Vista.
>> # Can you give me some instruction how to solve this problem.
>
> Hi Uğur,
>
> This problem is caused by Lispworks FLI string routines throwing an  
> exception when they encounter extended characters (outside US-
> ASCII). The case in point is probably an audio device driver with a  
> localized name having some extended characters.
>
> I've encountered this problem before with a Finnish localized driver  
> (Bluetooth-ääni). I could patch the synth to remove non-ASCII  
> characters from the strings it passes to the core PWGL component,  
> but I think a cleaner solution must be possible. Mikael? Mika?
>
> Regards,
> Vesa
>
>
>
>

Dr. Mika Kuuskankare
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Centre for Music & Technology
Sibelius Academy

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