How to get encoding when I read a .csv File?

Question

As title, the following code...

System.IO.FileInfo _fInfo;
OpenFileDialog openDlg = new OpenFileDialog();
openDlg.Filter = "Csv Files (.csv)|*.csv";
openDlg.FilterIndex = 1;
openDlg.Multiselect = false;
bool? userClickedOK = openDlg.ShowDialog();

if (userClickedOK == true)
{
    _fInfo = openDlg.File;
}
Stream fileStream = _fInfo.OpenRead();
using (System.IO.StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(fileStream))
{
    int lineNo = 1;
    while (!reader.EndOfStream)
    {
       reader.ReadLine();
    }
}

Is any way to find "_fInfo" current encoding? PS: I used silverlight console(silverlight 2.0).

A simple google search for `get file encoding c#` would return many a code samples. — Cole Tobin, Aug 17 '12 at 01:24
Take a look at this link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/90838/how-can-i-detect-the-encoding-codepage-of-a-text-file — Guillaume, Aug 17 '12 at 01:44
Try this also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1347088/c-is-there-any-way-to-discover-what-charset-encoding-a-file-is-using — Akira Yamamoto, Aug 17 '12 at 03:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 17 '12 at 04:16

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Try StreamReader.CurrentEncoding after first read. The reader will try to detect encoding.

answered Aug 17 '12 at 04:16

Feng Yuan

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How to get encoding when I read a .csv File?

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