Seeburger module: Charset problem

[former_member296836]

Dear all,

we are using OFTP_TCP adapter from Seeburger where we are using the BIC module to

convert XML 2 EDI format.

We have a problem with encoding. Normal UTF-8 could not be processed by receiver, so I tried

to change to ISO-8859-1.

Using following parameter:

Module Name: localejbs/CallBicXIRaBean

Module Key:  1-bic

In Configuration (only encoding relevant entries):

Parameter Name: destEncoding

Parameter Value: ISO-8859-1

Parameter Name: destEncoding

Parameter Value: ISO-8859-1

Parameter Name: srcEncoding

Parameter Value: UTF-8

The message in archive contains the Umlaut ö as replacement characters: EF BF BD

For ISO-8859-1 I would expected F6 for Umlaut ö.

How to force the BIC module to convert to ISO-8859-1???

I found a thread where they listed module localejbs/Seeburger/CharsetConversion

Can I use it additionally to my module localejbs/CallBicXIRaBean??

Does anyone have a link to a documentation of the BIC parameters? For example I

found anywhere that someone uses as Value ISO8859_1. Would like to know if I am using

the right spelling.

Regards

Christian Riekenberg

[Dimitri]

Dear Christian,

The screenshot below is one from a receiver file adapter, so converting XML to EDI.

Please be careful with case-sensitive names and underscores.

Hope this helps.

Kind regards,

Dimitri

[former_member296836]

Hi Dimitri,

thanks you very much for your reply and the screenshot.

Can you tell me a documentation where you get the forma ISO8859_1 from?

Regards

Christian

[Dimitri]

Hi Christian,

Please have a look at the PDF documents Seeburger ships with the software.

Everything should be there.

In case you still face problems, please revert back to me.

Also, try to indicate the correct and helpful answers to help people find back solutions easily.

Kind regards,

Dimitri

[former_member296836]

Unfortunatelly, the documentation I have is  not very helpfully. For example, for the field destEncoding, I have following doc:

"Sets the encoding for the result. If empty the converter will use the system’s default encoding. See srcEncoding parameter to learn how to find out the system’s default encoding.

Caution: The destination encoding will be used by the main mapping only. Any child mappings that has been started using BIC's startChildMapping() command will not inherit the destination encoding. The destination encoding of child mappings can be configured using the setDestinationEncoding() function inside the mapping’s code."

No notations for the encodings here 😞

[Dimitri]

Hi Christian,

Seeburger ships a very big PDF file: SAP_BICMD_CmdRef_en.pdf, consisting of 870 pages.

On page 365, there is a chapter about supported EDIFACT Character Sets.

Please have a look at it.

In case the problem persists, please come back to me.

Kind regards,

Dimitri

[Dimitri]

Dear Christian,

Did you solve the problem in the meantime?

Kind regards,

Dimitri

[former_member187587]

Having the same issue with that "Umloat" charecter...