Pat Kiatchaipipat wrote: > I have read text by this code > > message = "" > > file = File.new(fileDirectory , "r") > while line = file.gets > message = message+line > end > file.close > puts message > @textbox1.set_value(message) > > fileDirectory is a path of text file > @textbox1 is textctrl that I want to show text in that file > > and I have problem, it can only read text file with Encoding UTF-8, it > can't read from ANSI to show in textctrl (@textbox1) but > > puts message > > can show message normally with encode UTF-8 and ANSI > > now I have problem how I can show text with encode ANSI in @textbox1?? That sounds toolkit-specific. What GUI library are you using? -- Alex