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Subject: Re: folder and file names with foreign characters
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:28:47 -0600
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Fangjun Jiang wrote:
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> So the question is, can Matlab string contain foreign 
> characters? My need is to use a string to represent these 
> fold and file names and then do copy, move and stuff.

Sounds like a TMW support query, but a workaround _might_ be to get the 
short filename for the files via the

DIR /X

switch and try using that instead of the full "long" filename.

I don't know whether XP would create a base font name or whether it 
might still have other characters in the filename or not, but it's one 
thing might try...

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