Vista SR With German Umlauts

Hi,

I'm writing a grammar with a langid=407 (German). I am getting an
error 80045003 (SPERR_UNSUPPORTED_FORMAT ) when I try and load it with
umlauts present, if I remove them it loads ok. I am using the German
recognizer for this on Vista. Is there anything specific in the way I
have to work with them to get it to load?

Thanks for your help,

Hi Mike,

It sounds like you're running into an encoding issue and I'd guess that 
you're using an ANSI encoded file.  Try converting your grammar file to a 
UTF-8 or Unicode encoding and see if that resolves that problem.

One easy way to change the encoding is to:
    1. Load the grammar file in Notepad.exe
    2. Select "Save as" from the file menu
    3. Chose UTF-8 (or Unicode) from the Encoding dropdown list
    4. Click save

I recommend making a backup copy of your grammar first - just in case.

-- Steve Meyer

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

<mike.hodgson.cbcnonline.com@googlemail.com> wrote in message 
news:ccef692d-838f-42ae-b146-2843320b6d3f@h11g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm writing a grammar with a langid=407 (German). I am getting an
> error 80045003 (SPERR_UNSUPPORTED_FORMAT ) when I try and load it with
> umlauts present, if I remove them it loads ok. I am using the German
> recognizer for this on Vista. Is there anything specific in the way I
> have to work with them to get it to load?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Mike. 

Thanks for this Steve.

Cheers,
Mike.


On 25 Mar, 16:29, "Steve Meyer [MSFT]"
<steve.me...@online.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> It sounds like you're running into an encoding issue and I'd guess that
> you're using an ANSI encoded file.  Try converting your grammar file to a
> UTF-8 or Unicode encoding and see if that resolves that problem.
>
> One easy way to change the encoding is to:
>     1. Load the grammar file in Notepad.exe
>     2. Select "Save as" from the file menu
>     3. Chose UTF-8 (or Unicode) from the Encoding dropdown list
>     4. Click save
>
> I recommend making a backup copy of your grammar first - just in case.
>
> -- Steve Meyer
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
>
> <mike.hodgson.cbcnonline....@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:ccef692d-838f-42ae-b146-2843320b6d3f@h11g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I'm writing a grammar with a langid=407 (German). I am getting an
> > error 80045003 (SPERR_UNSUPPORTED_FORMAT ) when I try and load it
with
> > umlauts present, if I remove them it loads ok. I am using the German
> > recognizer for this on Vista. Is there anything specific in the way I
> > have to work with them to get it to load?
>
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Mike.