Yes, you need to use a unicode input stream I noticed the same problem when reading in CSV files last week.
Replace a general ReadFile command in your database loading code with something like the following:
OpenStream("utf8::"+filename, True, False)
This will specify unicode. Works perfectly fine for me. The GUI should display anything that your chosen font have characters for, unless there's something about BlitzMax I don't know.
Edit: Whoa, just noticed you said they're fine in the debuglog. Weird.
Can I see the specific code, if possible?
Replace a general ReadFile command in your database loading code with something like the following:
OpenStream("utf8::"+filename, True, False)
This will specify unicode. Works perfectly fine for me. The GUI should display anything that your chosen font have characters for, unless there's something about BlitzMax I don't know.
Edit: Whoa, just noticed you said they're fine in the debuglog. Weird.
Can I see the specific code, if possible?