C++

Convert a File's Character Encoding from UTF-8 to UFT-8-BOM

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To add a utf-8 BOM to a file is just a matter of prepending these 3 bytes to the file: 0xEF 0xBB 0xBF.

This may be difficult in some programming languages, or it may be trivial in either. Therefore, the Chilkat solution you see here might be helpful, or in a language such as C++, the Chilkat solution isn't really necessary because it's easy to do yourself.

C++

#include <CkCharset.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkCharset charset;

    charset.put_FromCharset("utf-8");
    charset.put_ToCharset("bom-utf-8");

    success = charset.ConvertFile("qa_data/txt/helloWorld.txt","qa_output/helloWorldBom.txt");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << charset.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Success." << "\r\n";
    }