topic Re: converting xstring to string, without changing the encoding and codepage in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/converting-xstring-to-string-without-changing-the-encoding-and-codepage/m-p/3251142#M776310 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Friend,</P><P></P><P>Call the FM like below....</P><P></P><P>CALL FUNCTION 'ECATT_CONV_XSTRING_TO_STRING'</P><P> EXPORTING</P><P> IM_XSTRING = x</P><P> IM_ENCODING = 'UTF-8'</P><P> IMPORTING</P><P> EX_STRING = x.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:09:38 GMT Former Member 2008-01-03T09:09:38Z converting xstring to string, without changing the encoding and codepage https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/converting-xstring-to-string-without-changing-the-encoding-and-codepage/m-p/3251141#M776309 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi all,</P><P></P><P>i am converting xstring to string, using the funcftion module</P><P>ECATT_CONV_XSTRING_TO_STRING.</P><P></P><P>but this FM is changing the encodings, like utf-8 to utf-16,</P><P>why this is happening, my system is unicode compatible.</P><P></P><P>any suggesation ???</P><P></P><P>regards,</P><P>Sudeep</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:06:43 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/converting-xstring-to-string-without-changing-the-encoding-and-codepage/m-p/3251141#M776309 Former Member 2008-01-03T09:06:43Z Re: converting xstring to string, without changing the encoding and codepage https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/converting-xstring-to-string-without-changing-the-encoding-and-codepage/m-p/3251142#M776310 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Friend,</P><P></P><P>Call the FM like below....</P><P></P><P>CALL FUNCTION 'ECATT_CONV_XSTRING_TO_STRING'</P><P> EXPORTING</P><P> IM_XSTRING = x</P><P> IM_ENCODING = 'UTF-8'</P><P> IMPORTING</P><P> EX_STRING = x.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:09:38 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/converting-xstring-to-string-without-changing-the-encoding-and-codepage/m-p/3251142#M776310 Former Member 2008-01-03T09:09:38Z