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Agree! :thumb:

I do NOT call CDocument::OnOpenDocument() if I use my own mechanism instead of CArchive.
Besides, I usually use MDI rather than SDI.

I usally implemented my own reading in CDocument::OnOpenDocument override

Well, I never used CArchive and never had any problem to live without it.
For text/binary files i usualy use CStdioFile/CFile classes or just a plain API (CreateFile/ReadFile/WriteFile).
In case of...

The simplest way - using Notepad. Open text file, then Save As... and select the Encoding Unicode from the combobox.

But there was very clear explained that that the reason was:
So either use CStringA or use a unicode text file.