PATH Mac OS 8 and 9 Developer Documentation > Text and Other International Services > Text Encoding Conversion Manager
Programming With the Text Encoding Conversion Manager

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Investigating Encodings

Sniffer functions, optionally supported with plug-ins, check for unique or signifying characteristics that identify a particular text encoding. The Text Encoding Converter uses these functions to determine the most likely text encoding for a given piece of text.

TECCountAvailableSniffers

TECGetAvailableSniffers

TECCreateSniffer

TECSniffTextEncoding

TECDisposeSniffer

TECClearSnifferContextInfo