# Introduction to ActiViz Webinar

**URL:** <https://discourse.vtk.org/t/introduction-to-activiz-webinar/3396>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [May 26, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/introduction-to-activiz-webinar/3396 "2020-05-26T13:57:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![toddy](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@toddy](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/toddy)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/introduction-to-activiz-webinar/3396/8 "2020-07-01T04:09:24Z")

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> [@LucasGandel](#):
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> byte utf16Bytes = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(utf16String);  
> byte utf8Bytes = Encoding.Convert(Encoding.Unicode, Encoding.UTF8, utf16Bytes);  
> Encoding.Default.GetString(utf8Bytes);

How does that help if Activiz string parameters are marshaled as UTF-16 not UTF-8? The input/output is incompatible.

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