<![CDATA[Macro that changes file encoding and then saves?]]>I’m hoping to record a macro that will ‘convert to UTF-8’ and then save the file to a specific file name. I tried to use the “Start Recording” feature for this, but those actions aren’t captured. Is it possible to manually write a macro to do all of that?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/17999/macro-that-changes-file-encoding-and-then-savesRSS for NodeSun, 07 Jun 2026 23:37:06 GMTThu, 25 Jul 2019 13:25:09 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Macro that changes file encoding and then saves? on Wed, 31 Jul 2019 18:09:48 GMT]]>The NppExec plugin did the trick! Just two simple lines were all I needed:
npp_menucommand Encoding\Convert to UTF-8
NPP_SAVEAS: c:\users\clay\downloads\people.csv

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/45799https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/45799Wed, 31 Jul 2019 18:09:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Macro that changes file encoding and then saves? on Fri, 26 Jul 2019 15:16:49 GMT]]>@Clay-Gibney

I guess we won’t know if you can achieve this unless you give @dinkumoil 's suggestion a try and report back on how it goes…

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/45659https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/45659Fri, 26 Jul 2019 15:16:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Macro that changes file encoding and then saves? on Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:38:14 GMT]]>Thank you. I have a daily task where I open a uniquely named CSV file, and I have to encode it to UTF-8 and then perform a Save-As to a specific file name so I can then upload it into another system. So I was hoping to turn a few of those steps into a macro/menu choice.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/45658https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/45658Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:38:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Macro that changes file encoding and then saves? on Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:49:36 GMT]]>@Clay-Gibney

It should be possible with one of the scripting plugins available, e.g. NppExec. This plugin (like others as well) allows to create a menu entry in the Macro menu which can be assigned to a keyboard shortcut.

But you should elaborate more precisely what you meant with

@Clay-Gibney said:

a specific file name

Automatically generated from the original file name, following a certain rule? Or provided by user by opening a file selector dialog?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/45633https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/45633Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:49:36 GMT