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Wrong characters (local special characters)

Former Member — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 13:45:22 GMT

I am having problems with wrong local characters being input in most cases in SAP GUI (by local characters i mean characters specific to a couple languages we use - čćžšđ...). For example, you can see the character č and ć being right when i type it into the top transactions textbox, but not in other examples, where i get the character è and æ. This is a big problem when im trying to enter selection texts and translations, where i need these characters. I have this problem on all the computers i use (using Windows 10 and SAP GUI 740, login with EN language) and SAP is the only software that has such a problem. I have checked all the settings i could think of both in SAP GUI as well as in Windows, but could not find a way to resolve this. I also tried comparing to others, who do not have this problem, but found no differences in their settings. I kindly ask for some assistance.

Screenshots of the problem:

2017-01-13-14-06-49-abap-dictionary-initial-screen.png

2017-01-13-14-11-00-valu-from-enus-to-slsi-gor-gsa.png

Re: Wrong characters (local special characters)

JL23 — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 13:55:14 GMT

are you saying you type on the keyboard č and ć and SAP shows è and æ instead?

Re: Wrong characters (local special characters)

Former Member — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 07:08:26 GMT

That is exactly what i am saying.

I type č and ć on the keyboard and SAP shows è and æ instead.

Re: Wrong characters (local special characters)

JL23 — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 09:23:58 GMT

Okay, then I retag this question to user interface

Re: Wrong characters (local special characters)

Former Member — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 08:21:03 GMT

Any news on this issue? Im not the only one with this problem and the latest patch 11 for 740 we received did not solve it.

Re: Wrong characters (local special characters)

JL23 — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 08:38:50 GMT

If you can't get any help from the community then you should open a ticket at SAP Support.

Re: Wrong characters (local special characters)

Former Member — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 13:34:25 GMT

For anyone else with this issue, the solution.

The problem SAP GUI had was the language settings of Windows. It seems SAP GUI is the only application that wont work right if Windows language is set to English (even though all localization and input settings were set to our local language), but rather it must be set to our local language and then an override for display language done if you still want Windows in english.

Re: Wrong characters (local special characters)

petrsourek — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:12:49 GMT

Its just SAP that in 2020 doesn’t have Unicode app... 😕

Re: Wrong characters (local special characters)

petrsourek — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:21:51 GMT

Ok, if anyone still interested.

1. Windows language settings

2. Administrative language settings

3. Language for NON unicode programs, in my case Czech

4. Ok, next restart windows.

1. Frontend settings

2. Font settings

3. Select

4. Set Script. In my case Central European.

Kill Frontend and start again. Check your Screen Painter.