Avogadro does not open an .out file from ORCA

[Molybdenum4242]

**Avogadro version: 1.99.0 **

Desktop version:

• OS: Windows 11 Home
• Version 23H2

Describe the bug
When I was opening a .out file from ORCA with Avogadro, it always says error while reading file 'my_file.out'.

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[ghutchis]

We can't debug the problem if you can't share the output file.

[Molybdenum4242]

Oh sorry about that, but it basically fails for all output files. How do I send the output file though? It says this file type is not supported (to be sent in a comment).

[ghutchis]

You can change the extension to .txt or zip it.

[ghutchis]

Oh, one other question - can you please check a nightly build to see if that fixes your problem: https://two.avogadro.cc - several import/export bugs have been fixed since 1.99

[Molybdenum4242]

I don't think I've seen the same bug from the forum, unfortunately. This is an example of an output file that I can't open.
acetone_opt.txt

[ghutchis]

This one's going to be tricky. The output file is UTF-16. So far most of the code for reading files is based on UTF-8 files.

Do you know how / why this was created like this?

[Molybdenum4242]

Hi Sir, I have no idea why the output is coded in such a way. However, I found a viable solution: to encode the output with ASCII, and it works perfectly fine. So I now wonder whether there is a way to directly encode the output in ASCII or UTF-8 format?

[ghutchis]

I'd need to ask on the ORCA forum as far as the output.

But you can try something like this to convert files on Windows: https://superuser.com/a/1786510