Print ISO Characters

[Joe Speroni]

I'm simply trying to write ISO characters to a file using CHR$(x) where x is between 32 and 255. I've tried PRINT (sequential output) and PUT$ (binary files) but the data seems to be modified by PB before it is written,

PUT$ #1,CHr$("AB",192,13,10) ' 4 characters

PRODUCES THE HEX STRING

41 42 EF BF BD 0A ' 5 characters?

Is the there a code page setting required to simply be able to output all characters above ASCII 32? UTF-8 and ISO tags don't give me any hits neither in the Help file nor on the forums.

I'm using the CC compiler version 5.01.0100.

[Bob Zale]

I think you're mistaken, Joe. PB/CC does not "magically" transform 5 characters into six characters when written to disk with PUT$. Something else is going on in your code to cause this. That's why we always ask you to display a working program to demonstrate a problem. If you'll show a working example, someone can point out the cause. Thanks!

Best regards,

Bob Zale

[Dave Biggs]

But surely
CHr$("AB",192,13,10)
= Chr$("AB") & Chr$(192) & Chr$(13) & Chr$(10)
= Chr$("A") & Chr$("B") & Chr$(192) & Chr$(13) & Chr$(10)
ie Five bytes ??

[David Roberts]

Joe, do you mean to be doing PUT$ #1,Chr$(&hAB,192,13,10) => 4 characters?