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Text file strangeness

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sn0rg

sn0rg

IS-IT--Management
Aug 5, 2005
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Hi Guys

i've created a CSV file with a vbscript and the filesystemobject. Now I want to read the content of that file into an array.

Trouble is, when I attempt to read the file using objFile.readline, it's garbage. Always starts with "ÿþF", and nothing else will echo out.

I can manually read the file with notepad.

Whats going on?

Thanks for any help!
 
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The answer? Unicode characters.

I had to open with "TriStateTrue
 
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