Using french characters with pyRevit or RPS

Question

I'd like to print dialogs in french using pyRevit scripts. As soon as I include an accent like "ê" in my code, the pyRevit script doesn't even execute.

But if I do for instance print "être" in RevitPythonShell, no problem.

Why? Why the different treatment, and can it be handeled with pyRevit?

Thanks a lot, Arnaud.

Answer 1

It is all about encoding and decoding. I reccommend you to read this nice article on the subject : http://sametmax.com/lencoding-en-python-une-bonne-fois-pour-toute/ You should prefix all your scripts with : # coding: utf8

# coding: utf8

__title__ = "TextEncoding"

print("être")

PyRevit output :

Answer 2

Im not sure about PyRevit, but I can use French characters when making Revit Dialogs in the RevitPythonShell like this:

dialog = TaskDialog("être")
dialog.MainContent = "être"
dialog.Show()

And when using Winforms like this:

import clr
clr.AddReference("System.Windows.Forms")
from System.Windows.Forms import Form, Label

form = Form()
form.Width = 300
form.Height = 100

label = Label()
label.Text = 'Here is some French Text: "être"'
label.Width = 280
label.Height = 70
label.Parent = form

form.ShowDialog()

Could you post some code showing in what instance it fails?