French caracter from csv in c#

Question

I create a C# soft which take as parameter a CSV which contain a list of folder like :

I read the file whis this code :

public projectTree(string _path) 
    { 
        path = _path; 
        try 
        { 
            confFile = File.ReadAllText(path); 
        } 
        catch (Exception ex) 
        { 
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Fichier", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error); 
        } 
        lines = confFile.Split('\n'); 
        foreach (string line in lines) 
        { 
            try 
            { 
                FolderInfo tmp = new FolderInfo(); 
                if (line.IndexOf(';') >= 0) 
                { 
                    if (line.Split(';')[1].Count() > 0) 
                        tmp.name = line.Split(';')[1]; 
                    else 
                        tmp.valid = false; 
                    if (line.Split(';')[2].Count() > 0) 
                        tmp.RACL_ReadOnly = line.Split(';')[2]; 
                    else 
                        tmp.valid = false; 
                    if (line.Split(';')[3].Count() > 0) 
                        tmp.RACL_Users = line.Split(';')[3]; 
                    else 
                        tmp.valid = false; 
                    if (line.Split(';')[4].Count() > 0) 
                        tmp.RACL_Managers = line.Split(';')[4]; 
                    else 
                        tmp.valid = false; 
                    if (line.Split(';')[5].Count() > 0) 
                        tmp.RACL_Partners = line.Split(';')[5]; 
                    else 
                        tmp.valid = false; 
                    if (tmp.valid == true) 
                    { 
                        ACLs.Add(tmp); 
                    } 
                } 
            } 
            catch 
            { 
                return; 
            } 
        } 
    } 

The soft create folders from this list but when creating the "02-Ôlololéééèèç" folder, the folder is created as :

How can I handle this characters ?

Answer 1

When reading files make sure to specify the encoding - especially when reading non-UTF-8 encoded files. If you are unsure of a file's encoding, you can open it in Notepad++ or any other text editor capable of handling various encodings, and simply look it up:

Default ANSI encoding for Wester European languages is Windows 1252, so you need to change your reading line to:

confFile = File.ReadAllText(path, Encoding.GetEncoding(1252));