Kbase P118078: OUTPUT TO CONVERT does not convert from UTF-8 to Simplied Chinese GB2312.
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
18/08/2006 |
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Status: Unverified
FACT(s) (Environment):
OpenEdge 10.x
SYMPTOM(s):
OUTPUT TO CONVERT does not convert from UTF-8 to Simplied Chinese GB2312.
Problems converting UTF-8 characters to Simplified Chinese GB2312
output to "c:\tmp\test.txt" convert target "gb2312" source "utf-8". does not convert characters correctly.
Chinese characters do not display correctly when viewed in Notepad.
The following code outputs the wrong value instead of the correct Chinese character:
DEF VAR cChar AS CHARACTER NO-UNDO.
cChar = CHR(15311758,"UTF-8").
OUTPUT TO c:\tmp\euro.txt convert target "gb2312" source "utf-8".
display cChar with frame a1 no-labels.
output close.
CAUSE:
The output of the program is correct and so the OUTPUT CONVERT statement is working as expected.
The character 15311758 in UTF-8 is a two byte value stored at position B7 E7 in the GB2312 code page.
The problem occurs when the file is viewed in a Western European Windows client using its own single byte code page 1252. The file is written in the GB2312 code page and contains a single double byte Chinese character (B7 E7). Subsequently Notepad thinks these are two separate characters and displays them accordingly, B7 (183 - middle dot) in 1252 and E7 (231 - small letter c with cedilla) in 1252.
FIX:
View the file in a Chinese font on a Windows client with the default Chinese code page GB2312. The output will then look correct.