--- branches/ffzg/all2xml.pl	2004/04/18 01:03:27	321
+++ branches/ffzg/all2xml.pl	2004/09/29 18:56:26	489
@@ -637,6 +637,10 @@
 	my $lookup_file = $cfg -> val($database, 'lookup_newfile'); # optional
 	if ($lookup_file) {
 		#tie %lhash, 'GDBM_File', $lookup_file, &GDBM_NEWDB, 0644;
+		if (! -e $lookup_file) {
+			open(LOOKUP, "> $lookup_file") || die "can't create $lookup_file': $!";
+			close(LOOKUP);
+		}
 		tie %lhash, 'TDB_File', $lookup_file, TDB_CLEAR_IF_FIRST, O_RDWR, 0644;
 		print STDERR "creating lookup file '$lookup_file'\n";
 		# delete memory cache for lookup file
@@ -807,7 +811,11 @@
 			for(my $iC = $oWorksheet->{MinCol} ; defined $oWorksheet->{MaxCol} && $iC <= $oWorksheet->{MaxCol} ; $iC++) {
 				my $cell = $oWorksheet->{Cells}[$iR][$iC];
 				if ($cell) {
-					$row->{int2col($iC)} = $cell->Value;
+					# this conversion is a cludge.
+					# Files from Excell could have
+					# characters which don't fit into
+					# destination encoding.
+					$row->{int2col($iC)} = $utf2cp->convert($cell->Value) || $cell->Value;
 				}
 			}