Description

If a .csv created in Microsoft Excel is imported into the editor, any cyrillic characters in the data table will appear as question marks or blank boxes.

Note: According to user, this does not occur to documents from google docs, this appears to be Excel specific.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Download attached .csv table
2. Open Editor (any project)
3. Create a new User Defined Struct
4. Open CSV table in excel
5. Create variables names for each row. Ensure SpeakerID and Text are set to string and text (respectively).
6. Close excel
7. In Content Browser, press Import>csv file>datatable + NewUserDefinedStruct>Ok.
8. Open data table asset

Results:

Demo_Greeting1 Text cell shows as a series of question marks and blank boxes.

Expected:

Demo_Greeting1 Text cell shows cyrillic characters as they appear in Excel.

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Won't Fix
ComponentTools
Affects Versions4.8.34.16
CreatedAug 11, 2015
ResolvedDec 14, 2018
UpdatedJul 14, 2021
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