Reading unicode text file

I could not find a VI to read unicode text files - this one reads unicode on the assumption that it contains plain text.  Might help someone struggling with unicode text files produced by some applications.  Enhancements welcome.
 
James T

I posted a VI (attached to the original message) that reads a unicode text file like the example attached to this reply, containing the following text:
 
TThis1TThis2TThis3
 
I found that some applications (& web sites which produce data) are now standardizing on unicode text format - this will become more pervasive in future.  The LabVIEW VI "Read from Text File" can only read plain ASCII text so this VI sits on top to convert unicode text into plain text.  However it is assumed that the unicode does not contain any non-standard ASCII characters, but flags the presence of non-standard characters if they are found.
 
James T


TThis1.txt:
http://forums.ni.com/attachments/ni/...5/1/TThis1.txt

Thanks for the suggestions - finger trouble - here is the VI attached.  Hopefully.  Thanks for the alternate Windows only solution!
 
James T


uni-string-read.vi:
http://forums.ni.com/attachments/ni/...string-read.vi

Matthew Kelton wrote:I don't know where I got this, but found it when I needed to do some Unicode conversion from the registry.It's from a post here on this forum from me where I posted that library.Rolf Kalbermatter