5 files changed, 51 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/library/globalFunctions.cpp b/library/globalFunctions.cpp
index 5afb1650..d4579312 100644
--- a/library/globalFunctions.cpp
+++ b/library/globalFunctions.cpp
@@ -92,3 +92,35 @@ wxString& globalFunctions::includeNumberSeparator(wxString& number)
         number.insert(i, GlobalResources::thousandsSeparator);
     return number;
 }
+
+
+int globalFunctions::readInt(ifstream& stream)
+{
+    int result = 0;
+    char* buffer = reinterpret_cast<char*>(&result);
+    stream.read(buffer, sizeof(int));
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+void globalFunctions::writeInt(ofstream& stream, const int number)
+{
+    const char* buffer = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&number);
+    stream.write(buffer, sizeof(int));
+}
+
+
+int globalFunctions::readInt(wxInputStream& stream)
+{
+    int result = 0;
+    char* buffer = reinterpret_cast<char*>(&result);
+    stream.Read(buffer, sizeof(int));
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+void globalFunctions::writeInt(wxOutputStream& stream, const int number)
+{
+    const char* buffer = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&number);
+    stream.Write(buffer, sizeof(int));
+}
diff --git a/library/globalFunctions.h b/library/globalFunctions.h
index 55e37c61..7f50f90a 100644
--- a/library/globalFunctions.h
+++ b/library/globalFunctions.h
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <wx/string.h>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <wx/stream.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -32,6 +34,12 @@ namespace globalFunctions
     double wxStringToDouble(const wxString& number); //Convert wxString to number
 
     wxString& includeNumberSeparator(wxString& number);
+
+    int readInt(ifstream& stream);  //read int from file stream
+    void writeInt(ofstream& stream, const int number);  //write int to filestream
+
+    int readInt(wxInputStream& stream);  //read int from file stream
+    void writeInt(wxOutputStream& stream, const int number);  //write int to filestream
 }
 
 
diff --git a/library/misc.cpp b/library/misc.cpp
index 44dcaf0e..7d798ec0 100644
--- a/library/misc.cpp
+++ b/library/misc.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <wx/msgdlg.h>
 #include "resources.h"
+#include "globalFunctions.h"
 
 void exchangeEscapeChars(wxString& data)
 {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ CustomLocale::~CustomLocale()
     ofstream output("lang.dat");
     if (output)
     {
-        output<<currentLanguage<<char(0);
+        globalFunctions::writeInt(output, currentLanguage);
         output.close();
     }
     else
@@ -41,9 +42,7 @@ void CustomLocale::loadLanguageFromCfg()  //retrieve language from config file:
     ifstream input("lang.dat");
     if (input)
     {
-        char buffer[20];
-        input.getline(buffer, 20, char(0));
-        language = atoi(buffer);
+        language = globalFunctions::readInt(input);
         input.close();
     }
     else
@@ -65,7 +64,9 @@ void CustomLocale::loadLanguageFile(int language)
     case wxLANGUAGE_GERMAN:
         languageFile = "german.lng";
         break;
-
+    case wxLANGUAGE_FRENCH:
+        languageFile = "french.lng";
+        break;
     default:
         languageFile = string();
         currentLanguage = wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH;
@@ -87,13 +88,13 @@ void CustomLocale::loadLanguageFile(int language)
             //----------
             //Linux: 0xa
             //Mac:   0xd
-            //Win:   0xd 0xa
+            //Win:   0xd 0xa    <- language files are in Windows format
             while (langFile.getline(temp, bufferSize, 0xd)) //specify delimiter explicitely
             {
                 langFile.get(); //discard the 0xa character
 
-                //wxString formattedString(temp, *wxConvUTF8, bufferSize); //convert UTF8 input to Unicode
-                wxString formattedString(temp);
+                //wxString formattedString = wxString::FromUTF8(temp);
+                wxString formattedString = wxString::From8BitData(temp);
 
                 exchangeEscapeChars(formattedString);
 
diff --git a/library/multithreading.cpp b/library/multithreading.cpp
index bb598194..c8826b11 100644
--- a/library/multithreading.cpp
+++ b/library/multithreading.cpp
@@ -145,6 +145,6 @@ void UpdateWhileExecuting::execute(StatusUpdater* statusUpdater)
     theWorkerThread->readyToBeginProcessing.Unlock();
 
     while (receivingResult.WaitTimeout(UI_UPDATE_INTERVAL) == wxCOND_TIMEOUT)
-        statusUpdater->triggerUI_Refresh(); //ATTENTION: Exception "AbortThisProcess" may be thrown here!!!
+        statusUpdater->triggerUI_Refresh(true); //ATTENTION: Exception "AbortThisProcess" may be thrown here!!!
 }
 
diff --git a/library/multithreading.h b/library/multithreading.h
index 56cff890..f2b5211c 100644
--- a/library/multithreading.h
+++ b/library/multithreading.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public:
     virtual int  reportError(const wxString& text) = 0;
 
     //this method is triggered repeatedly and can be used to refresh the ui by dispatching pending events
-    virtual void triggerUI_Refresh() = 0;
+    virtual void triggerUI_Refresh(bool asyncProcessActive = false) = 0;
 
     void requestAbortion() //opportunity to abort must be implemented in a frequently executed method like triggerUI_Refresh()
     {                      //currently used by the UI status information screen, when button "Abort is pressed"