topic Re: XString and String difference when rendering XML in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/xstring-and-string-difference-when-rendering-xml/m-p/5062927#M1176415 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Not answered</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:29:42 GMT Former Member 2009-09-16T05:29:42Z XString and String difference when rendering XML https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/xstring-and-string-difference-when-rendering-xml/m-p/5062926#M1176414 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Expert,</P><P></P><P>I have issue on programs that have logic to create XML.</P><P>In all program, we use set_encoding UTF-8 to force the encoding.</P><P>However, it will only affect those programs that use render_2_string method while for programs that use render_2_xstring the encoding will always be defaulted to UTF-16 (ECC 6.0 Unicode system) or ISO***(4.7 non unicode system).</P><P>What is the difference between using render_2_string and render_2_xstring to encoding of the XML?</P><P>Is it ok for me to use render_2_string in all programs so I can overwrite the default encoding with UTF-8?</P><P>Thank you.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Abraham</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:57:33 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/xstring-and-string-difference-when-rendering-xml/m-p/5062926#M1176414 Former Member 2009-01-20T15:57:33Z Re: XString and String difference when rendering XML https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/xstring-and-string-difference-when-rendering-xml/m-p/5062927#M1176415 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Not answered</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:29:42 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/xstring-and-string-difference-when-rendering-xml/m-p/5062927#M1176415 Former Member 2009-09-16T05:29:42Z