Impossible to open *.xls file from folder containing cyrillic

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Author Name: dr - (dr -)
Original Redmine Issue: 9301
Affected QGIS version: master
Redmine category:data_provider/ogr

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It is possible to open MS Excel (*.xls) file as vector layer in QGIS. But if create folder with name containing cyrillic symbol, e.g. "куку" and put *.xls file into and try to open it - QGIS throws an error.

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Author Name: Even Rouault (@rouault)

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The issue is in the Freexl library that uses ANSI file API, and not unicode ones.

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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• easy_fix was configured as 0
• regression was configured as 0

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Author Name: Even Rouault (@rouault)

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Workarounded in GDAL trunk https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/changeset/40700 and GDAL 2.2 branch https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/changeset/40701

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• resolution was changed from to up/downstream
• status_id was changed from Open to Closed