Dear Monks

I am really struggling since days with unicode directory names, for example "Małretuzz" (both Activestate and Strawberry, W7). What is wrong with this?

use utf8;
use Win32;
$dir="Małretuzz";
print our $short_path_dir = Win32::GetShortPathName( "$dir" );

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This gives me a not initialized value.

What I am trying to do is to get a directory name (and path) from a Tk GUI. In this directory I'll create a sqlite database. If the directory contains not english characters...it doesn't work. I've search Perlmonks, I've found suggestions with different Win32s, nothing work here...

use utf8;
use Win32;
use Tk;
use File::Spec;

my $dir = File::Spec->canonpath( $mw->chooseDirectory() );
my $short_path_dir=Win32::GetANSIPathName($dir);    
#alternative
#my $short_path_dir = Win32::GetShortPathName( "$dir" );
my $path_and_database="$short_path_dir" . "\\DATABASE\.db";

my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:SQLite:$path_and_database","","", {});
$dbh->do( "CREATE TABLE table( ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, POS, simple)" )
+;
$dbh->disconnect;

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In reply to directory unicode by Anonymous Monk

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