# UTF-8 as Default Encoding

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/utf-8-as-default-encoding/6479
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Tags:** implemented
**Created:** [April 29, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/utf-8-as-default-encoding/6479 "2019-04-29T06:59:11Z")
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### Author: ![sa\_thomaslohrum](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@sa\_thomaslohrum](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/sa_thomaslohrum)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/utf-8-as-default-encoding/6479/1 "2019-04-29T06:59:11Z")

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Hi,

FinalBuilder uses ANSI as the default encoding for actions such as ‘Create Text File’. Imo, this should be changed to UTF-8 (no BOM) nowadays. This has caused issues for us, as developers often get caught by this trap.

The most common file type still using ANSI is a Windows INI-File. FinalBuilder uses the ANSI encoding for them implicit. So that is working correctly, unless you store the content as UTF-8. This is actually an issue too, as most editors use UTF-8 as default. Maybe the FinalBuilder dialogs should display the encoding used as a readonly item. Just to make a developer aware of the issue.

Thomas

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