VBA read Chinese filename as ???

SHIRLEY YEUNG

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Hi everyone,

I use my Excel vba script to move files from one directory to other. When it comes across with filename that contains Chinese characters. A Run-time error 52: Bad file name or number will occur. I go to debug and found that the Chinese characters are read as ??? so it cannot proceed.

I'm using Windows XP Pro in English version. Can it be resolved by downloading some language pack? My first option is to resolve it by programming. I searched the web and some people talk about API. But I'm not familiar with (Actually I'm a newbie of vba as well). My last option would be to remove any ? found.

Thanks!
Shirley
 

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