DelphiVCL4Python Doc strings are not Utf8 encoded

The doc strings are not utf8 encoded as python expects them to be and this causes issues when doing introspection.

For example this causes https://github.com/pyscripter/pyscripter/issues/1288.

Please make sure that all doc strings are utf8 encoded.

Jan 19 '24 15:01 pyscripter

Hello @pyscripter, are you still facing this issue?

Jan 22 '24 12:01 lmbelo

Hello @pyscripter, are you still facing this issue?

It is present in 1.0.5

Jan 22 '24 12:01 pyscripter

Can you explain where to modify it and how to modify it? I want to try to modify it myself. : )

Jun 23 '24 07:06 fansxs

In version 1.05 the culprit is Screen.Realign

Run the following script:

from delphivcl import Screen
print(Screen.Realign.__doc__)

Output:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<module1>", line 2, in <module>
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 37: invalid start byte

Workaround for PyScripter:

from delphivcl import *
del(Screen)

Jun 23 '24 10:06 pyscripter

It works fine, thank you very much!

Jun 23 '24 15:06 fansxs

Now I can debug delphivcl using debug function normally.

Jun 23 '24 15:06 fansxs

In WrapVclForms.pas in P4D, remove the quotes in the doc string PythonType.AddMethod('Realign', @TPyDelphiScreen.Realign_Wrapper, PAnsiChar('TScreen.Realign()'#10 + 'Realigns the screens forms according to their Align properties.')); // screen’s -> screens, it is work!

You solved a problem that has been bothering me for a long time, thank you and the delphivcl4python team very much!

Jun 23 '24 15:06 fansxs

Already fixed in PyScripter/python4delphi.

Jun 23 '24 15:06 pyscripter