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Fix Unicode decoding issue with accented characters and special symbols #44

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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion pywinstyles/py_win_style.py
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Expand Up @@ -202,7 +202,12 @@ def py_drop_func(hwnd, msg, wp, lp):
files = []
for i in range(count):
func_DragQueryFile(typ(wp), i, file_buffer, sizeof(file_buffer))
drop_name = file_buffer.value.decode("utf-8")
try:
drop_name = file_buffer.value.decode("utf-8")
except UnicodeDecodeError:
# If UTF-8 decoding fails, attempt to decode with a different encoding (e.g., Windows-1252)
drop_name = file_buffer.value.decode("Windows-1252")

files.append(drop_name)
func(files)
windll.shell32.DragFinish(typ(wp))
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