Quote from emo on July 25, 2025, 5:52 pm

hi,

The Emo_Unicode Toolkit is designed to break that barrier, integrating seamlessly to provide our VisualNeoWin applications with full support for Unicode (UTF-8).

What can you do with this plugin?

Create 100% Unicode Text Boxes: Insert a text editing control into your applications where your users can correctly write and view text in any language, including emojis.

Read and Write UTF-8 Files: Save and load text files (.txt, .csv, etc.) in the universal standard UTF-8 format, preserving all special characters without corruption.

Handle Variables Safely: The plugin automatically converts Unicode text to a safe format that can travel through NeoBook variables without issues, and rebuilds it upon display.

Advanced Control Configuration: Customize the appearance and behavior of text boxes with options like colors, fonts, scroll bars, and read-only status.

Developer Tool: Includes a utility to easily convert any Unicode text (that you copy from the web, for example) into a safe format for direct use in your scripts.

Main Plugin Functions

Here is a summary of the actions you will find:

Text Controls

emo_unicode_CreateTextBox "Alias" "RectangleObject"
Creates the transparent container inside a NeoBook Rectangle object. This is the first step to adding a text box.

emo_unicode_ConfigureTextBox "Alias" "Configuration"
Creates and configures the text box. This is where you define the appearance (colors, fonts) and behavior (scrollbars, read-only).
Configuration Example: "ScrollBars=Vertical|ReadOnly=0|Font=Arial,-16,1"

emo_unicode_SetText "Alias" "[VariableWithText]"
Displays the content of a variable in the text box. The plugin takes care of decoding the text so it displays correctly.

emo_unicode_GetText "Alias" "[DestinationVariable]"
Gets the text the user has written in the text box and saves it safely to a variable.

emo_unicode_DestroyTextBox "Alias"
Deletes the text box and releases its resources.

File Handling

emo_unicode_ReadFileUTF8 "[FilePath]" "[DestinationVariable]"
Reads the entire content of a UTF-8 text file and saves it safely to a variable.

emo_unicode_WriteFileUTF8 "[FilePath]" "[VariableWithText]"
Writes the content of a variable to a text file, ensuring it is saved in UTF-8 format and all characters are correct.

Script Utilities

emo_unicode_Encode "[DirectText]" "[DestinationVariable]"
Converts a text string to a safe format for NeoBook.

emo_unicode_Decode "[EncodedText]" "[DestinationVariable]"
Converts a safe string back to readable Unicode text.

emo_unicode_EncodeStringTool
Your productivity tool! Opens a window where you can paste any text (e.g., 你好世界) and it automatically generates the safe version for your scripts ({U+4F60}{U+597D}{U+4E16}{U+754C}).

Get i here

I hope you enjoy it and that it opens the doors for you to create even more powerful applications with VisualNEO!

Regards,
EMO