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XML Encoding="utf-16"

Former Member — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:23:10 GMT

Dear Experts:

Before XML files were getting created with this encoding

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>

After Unicode Conversion the encoding changed to this

#<?xml version="1.0" Encoding="utf-16"?>

Problem is that it's now unable to open in Explorer or Excel... We look forward for your usual prompt responses.

Best Regards,

Aslam Riaz

Steps for the Reconstruction

Sample ABAP code:

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'

EXPORTING
* BIN_FILESIZE =
filename = fullpath
filetype = 'ASC'
* APPEND = ' '
* write_field_separator = ';'
* HEADER = '00'
* TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS = ' '
* WRITE_LF = 'X'
* COL_SELECT = ' '
* COL_SELECT_MASK = ' '
* DAT_MODE = ' '
* CONFIRM_OVERWRITE = ' '
* NO_AUTH_CHECK = ' '
* CODEPAGE = ' '
* IGNORE_CERR = ABAP_TRUE
* REPLACEMENT = '#'
* WRITE_BOM = ' '
* TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS_EOL = 'X'
* WK1_N_FORMAT = ' '
* WK1_N_SIZE = ' '
* WK1_T_FORMAT = ' '
* WK1_T_SIZE = ' '
* IMPORTING
* FILELENGTH =
TABLES
data_tab = l_iout
* FIELDNAMES =
EXCEPTIONS
file_write_error = 1
no_batch = 2
gui_refuse_filetransfer = 3
invalid_type = 4
no_authority = 5
unknown_error = 6
header_not_allowed = 7
separator_not_allowed = 8
filesize_not_allowed = 9
header_too_long = 10
dp_error_create = 11
dp_error_send = 12
dp_error_write = 13
unknown_dp_error = 14
access_denied = 15
dp_out_of_memory = 16
disk_full = 17
dp_timeout = 18
file_not_found = 19
dataprovider_exception = 20
control_flush_error = 21
OTHERS = 22
.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
* WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
ELSEIF p_xml = 'X'.

DATA: xml_out TYPE string.

CALL TRANSFORMATION id
SOURCE output = it_xml[]
RESULT XML xml_out.

APPEND xml_out TO xmltable

Re: XML Encoding="utf-16"

Former Member — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:40:02 GMT

Add CODEPAGE type to Your FM call as below:

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'

EXPORTING

BIN_FILESIZE =

filename = fullpath

filetype = 'ASC'

APPEND = ' '

write_field_separator = ';'

HEADER = '00'

TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS = ' '

WRITE_LF = 'X'

COL_SELECT = ' '

COL_SELECT_MASK = ' '

DAT_MODE = ' '

CONFIRM_OVERWRITE = ' '

NO_AUTH_CHECK = ' '

<b>CODEPAGE = 'UTF-16'</b>

IGNORE_CERR = ABAP_TRUE

REPLACEMENT = '#'

WRITE_BOM = ' '

TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS_EOL = 'X'

WK1_N_FORMAT = ' '

WK1_N_SIZE = ' '

WK1_T_FORMAT = ' '

WK1_T_SIZE = ' '

IMPORTING

FILELENGTH =

TABLES

data_tab = l_iout

FIELDNAMES =

EXCEPTIONS

file_write_error = 1

no_batch = 2

gui_refuse_filetransfer = 3

invalid_type = 4

no_authority = 5

unknown_error = 6

header_not_allowed = 7

separator_not_allowed = 8

filesize_not_allowed = 9

header_too_long = 10

dp_error_create = 11

dp_error_send = 12

dp_error_write = 13

unknown_dp_error = 14

access_denied = 15

dp_out_of_memory = 16

disk_full = 17

dp_timeout = 18

file_not_found = 19

dataprovider_exception = 20

control_flush_error = 21

OTHERS = 22

Re: XML Encoding="utf-16"

athavanraja — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:17:36 GMT

alternatively you can tell the call transformation command to not to generate encoding param

CALL TRANSFORMATION id

SOURCE output = it_xml[]

RESULT XML xml_out

options

xml_header = 'WITHOUT_ENCODING' .

Re: XML Encoding="utf-16"

Former Member — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:11:08 GMT

Thanks for all your efforts, we managed to resolved it by using "REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF" replaced utf-16 to utf-8.

Best Regards,

Aslam Riaz

Re: XML Encoding="utf-16"

Former Member — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:12:33 GMT

Thanks