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Htoa-5.6.3.0 Error UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 136

648212712 — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 10:55:56 GMT

Re: Htoa-5.6.3.0 Error UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 136

Stephen.Blair — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 15:13:54 GMT

Python 3 version of Houdini?

Re: Htoa-5.6.3.0 Error UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 136

648212712 — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 15:16:16 GMT

@Stephen Blair no,it's python2.7 and I install python2.7 houdini and arnold.

Re: Htoa-5.6.3.0 Error UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 136

Stephen.Blair — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 15:47:41 GMT

Run this python in Houdini, do you get the same error?

from arnold import *

paramValueMap = AiParamValueMap()
#AiADPDialogStrings(paramValueMap, str("in the HtoA menu item  Help | Autodesk-Analytics").encode("utf-8"))

AiADPDialogStrings(paramValueMap, str("in the HtoA menu item").encode("utf-8") )

allText = ''

titleText = AtStringStruct(None)
AiParamValueMapGetStr(paramValueMap, 'title', ctypes.byref(titleText))

introText = AtStringStruct(None)
AiParamValueMapGetStr(paramValueMap, 'introduction_intro', ctypes.byref(introText))
allText += str(introText) + "\n\n"

print( str(introText) )

Re: Htoa-5.6.3.0 Error UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 136

648212712 — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 15:55:45 GMT

still have problem.....

Re: Htoa-5.6.3.0 Error UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 136

648212712 — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 16:03:50 GMT

@ I still can't render

Re: Htoa-5.6.3.0 Error UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 136

Stephen.Blair — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:38:00 GMT

The UnicodeDecodeError is a bug, and I'll log it.
It has nothing to do with your other problems.

Please ask a new question for your other problem.
And please include the Houdini details from Help > About Houdini > Show Details, and anything that is logged in the Houdini Console at startup.

Re: Htoa-5.6.3.0 Error UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 136

648212712 — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:39:37 GMT

@Stephen Blair I try python 3 version, it work for me, thank you.