Load UTF-8 Text File into VB String

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Visual Basic example program showing how to load a utf-8 file into a VB string.

    Dim cc As New ChilkatCharset2
    cc.UnlockComponent "anything for 30-day trial"
    
    Dim textData As Variant
    textData = cc.ReadFile("utf8_icelandic.txt")
    
    cc.FromCharset = "utf-8"
    
    ' VB Strings are Unicode (ucs-2, i.e. 2 bytes/char)
    ' Convert the utf-8 bytes to a Unicode string:
    Dim s As String
    s = cc.ConvertToUnicode(textData)
    
    ' Note: VB6 does not display all languages very well.  Although the string
    ' is Unicode and is capable of holding characters in any language, the ability
    ' to display characters is limited.  The Microsoft Forms 2.0 Object Library
    ' can be referenced to provide lables, text boxes, etc. that are Unicode compatible.
    MsgBox s