Class DtazvConvert

Collection of static character set and data type conversion utility method.

Inheritance
object
DtazvConvert
Inherited Members
Namespace: Subsembly.Dtazv
Assembly: Subsembly.Sepa.dll
Syntax
public static class DtazvConvert

Methods

FromDta(byte)

Convert a byte from a DTAUS file to its corresponding character.

Declaration
public static char FromDta(byte b)
Parameters
Type Name Description
byte b

The DTAUS byte to be converted.
Returns
Type Description
char

The Unicode character.
Remarks

Basically this method does nothing but convert the DTAUS0 or DTAUS1 encoded german umlaut characters to Unicode representations. All other bytes are returned as is.

FromDta(string)

Converts a given DTAUS encoded string into a Unicode string representation.

Declaration
public static string FromDta(string s)
Parameters
Type Name Description
string s

String with characters in DTAUS0 or DTAUS1 encoding. If null, then null will be returned.
Returns
Type Description
string

Unicode string.
Remarks

Basically this method does nothing but convert the DTAUS0 or DTAUS1 encoded german umlaut characters to Unicode representations. All other characters are copied as is.

IsDta(char)

Tests whether the given character is an allowed DTAUS0 character.

Declaration
public static bool IsDta(char ch)
Parameters
Type Name Description
char ch
Returns
Type Description
bool

IsDta(string)

Tests whether the given string contains only allowed DTAUS0 characters.

Declaration
public static bool IsDta(string s)
Parameters
Type Name Description
string s

The string to test. If this is null, then true is returned.
Returns
Type Description
bool

ToDta(string, bool)

Converts a given unicode string into a DTAUS0 encoded string representation.

Declaration
public static string ToDta(string s, bool fWithUmlaut)
Parameters
Type Name Description
string s

Unicode string to be converted to DTAUS0. If null, then null will be returned.
bool fWithUmlaut

If true, then the german Umlaut characters are converted just as described. If false, then the german Umlaut characters are converted as 'A', 'O', 'U', and 'S' respectively.
Returns
Type Description
string

DTAUS encoded string.
Remarks

The conversion will convert all lower case characters into upper case characters. All nonprinting character codes are converted to space characters. All foreign umlaut characters are converted into their non-umlaut base characters. The german umlaut characters 'AE', 'OE', 'UE', and 'sz' are converted to their DTAUS0 replacements '[', '', ']', and '~'. Any other symbol characters, or characters beyond '\xFF' are converted to single '.' characters.