From Big Endian to Little Endian

FROM : Julio Cesar Silva dos Santos
DATE : Fri Aug 11 21:54:41 2006

Hi, a couple of months ago I sent a message to the list explaining a 
problem with strings returned from iTunes and Intel Macs. My solution 
was to create a CFString using CFStringCreateWithBytes. (see http://
www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2006/6/27/166393)
Now a user that is using Panther asked me that when he tries to save 
strings back to iTunes, they are saved as chinese characters. This 
happened because I had to change the code to check if the program is 
running on Tiger or Panther.
When using Tiger the code looks like this (value is an NSString):

len = [value lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUnicodeStringEncoding];
err = AEBuildDesc(&valueDesc, NULL, "'utxt'(@)", len,  [value 
cStringUsingEncoding:NSUnicodeStringEncoding]);

When using Panther I tried this:

len = [value cStringLength];
err = AEBuildDesc(&valueDesc, NULL, "'utxt'(@)", len,  [value 
UTF8String]);

but it did not work. My question is: Should I turn value (an 
NSString) into a CFString before calling AEBuildDesc so I can swap 
the bytes? I guess it is the ideal solution but I would like to hear 
advices.

Any help would be appreciated,



Julio Cesar Silva dos Santos
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