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access-module-encoding

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Check encoding consistency and mojibake risks for Access/VBA exported modules (.bas/.cls) and related files, and fix common mojibake. Use when asked to review codificacion/encoding issues, to verify UTF-8 vs ANSI, to fix mojibake, or to detect BOM/UTF-16 problems before importing into Access.

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Access Module Encoding

Quick use

Check encodings:

python scripts/check_access_module_encoding.py --root C:\Proyectos\gestion-proyectos --extensions .bas .cls
python scripts/check_access_module_encoding.py path\to\File.bas path\to\File.cls
python scripts/check_access_module_encoding.py --strict

Fix mojibake (dry-run by default):

python scripts/fix_access_mojibake.py --root C:\Proyectos\gestion-proyectos --extensions .bas .cls
python scripts/fix_access_mojibake.py path\to\File.bas --apply --backup

Fix mojibake with built-in Spanish defaults:

python scripts/fix_access_mojibake.py --root C:\Proyectos\gestion-proyectos --extensions .bas .cls --spanish-defaults --apply --backup

Fix mojibake with explicit replacements for \ufffd (lossy):

python scripts/fix_access_mojibake.py --root C:\Proyectos\gestion-proyectos --extensions .bas .cls --map path\to\mojibake_map.json --fix-map --apply --backup

Normalize to UTF-8 no BOM:

python scripts/normalize_access_module_encoding.py --root C:\Proyectos\gestion-proyectos --extensions .bas .cls
python scripts/normalize_access_module_encoding.py path\to\File.bas --dry-run
python scripts/normalize_access_module_encoding.py --root C:\Proyectos\gestion-proyectos --extensions .bas .cls --backup

Interpret results

  • ascii-only: safe everywhere.
  • utf8: UTF-8 without BOM.
  • utf8-bom: UTF-8 with BOM (risky for Access import).
  • ansi-cp1252: typical Access export.
  • utf16-le/utf16-be/binary: treat as problems.

Normalize notes

  • Writes in place; use --dry-run to preview or --backup to keep .bak copies.
  • Use --strict to return exit code 1 if a file cannot be converted.

Mojibake notes

  • The utf8-in-cp1252 repair is reversible and safe when sequences like \u00c3 or \u00c2 appear.
  • Use --spanish-defaults for common Spanish words and EnumSiNo.S\u00ed patterns.
  • The replacement character \ufffd is lossy; use --map with explicit replacements if you want to fix it.