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From: "Lars Erdmann" <lars.erdmann@arcor.de>
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Subject: Re: SOLVED!: Problem: error in iconv_open
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:41:13 +0200
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Hallo,

> It was not the random number generator. I built another release using
> another generator, which uses a specific algorithm, and noticed the
> very same problem. So I checked out the fopen () calls, as the program
> worked fine with text file, and guess what?
>
> Yes, the original source opens files without the "binary" flag. adding
> "b" to all the fopen () calls solved the problem.

Use of "fopen":
The usual pitfall when porting UNIX type programs to Windows or OS/2.
UNIX makes no distinction between text and binary files. Therefore it opens
all files as binary files (even though in the C-RTL you can specify binary 
or text).
Windows and OS/2 on the other hand open files as text files as a default.
(unless the C-RTL specifies otherwise).

Lars