XML utf-8 encoding

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Hi, i write an xml using the c$xml API encoding it in "UTF-8".
call "c$xml" using CXML-NEW-PARSER
            giving wh-descr-parser.
if we-runtime-major-version >= 8
   call "C$XML" using CXML-SET-ENCODING
                      wh-descr-parser
                      "UTF-8"   
end-if.
It happens that when i write in it some accented character like "à", the final xml results in an invalid format and parsing it with "C$XML" CXML-PARSE-FILE returns CXML-PARSE-ERROR. Also, it is not possible to open the xml with a browser (chrome or firefox) as it says that the xml has a wrong format.

i write the accented character with the following
call "c$xml" using CXML-ADD-CHILD
                   wh-gsdx-doc
                   w78-gsdx-file
                   w-str
            giving wh-gsdx-file.
where w-str is a pic x(250) and is the data string, wh-gsdx-doc is the handle and w78-gsdx-file is a level 78 constant.

Am i missing something when writing?

I observed that in runtime 9 the XML is created correctly. But when trying to parse it, accented characters are parsed adding a " " sign before if, for example "tracciabilità" becomes "tracciabilit à". How can i solve it?

Is there a way to solve the encoding issue also in runtimes before 9?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 16 May 2011]

Hi, i write an xml using the c$xml API encoding it in "UTF-8".
call "c$xml" using CXML-NEW-PARSER
            giving wh-descr-parser.
if we-runtime-major-version >= 8
   call "C$XML" using CXML-SET-ENCODING
                      wh-descr-parser
                      "UTF-8"   
end-if.
It happens that when i write in it some accented character like "à", the final xml results in an invalid format and parsing it with "C$XML" CXML-PARSE-FILE returns CXML-PARSE-ERROR. Also, it is not possible to open the xml with a browser (chrome or firefox) as it says that the xml has a wrong format.

i write the accented character with the following
call "c$xml" using CXML-ADD-CHILD
                   wh-gsdx-doc
                   w78-gsdx-file
                   w-str
            giving wh-gsdx-file.
where w-str is a pic x(250) and is the data string, wh-gsdx-doc is the handle and w78-gsdx-file is a level 78 constant.

Am i missing something when writing?

Appendix H: Configuration Variables > H.2 Configuration Variables >

AXML_ENCODING
This variable is designed for use with AcuXML. Use it when you want to specify a character encoding method for the XML files that ACUCOBOL-GT creates. By default, the XML output generated by ACUCOBOL-GT is mapped to the UTF-8 encoding system (compatible with the US-ASCII character set). If you want to use a different encoding system, for instance a European encoding system that includes the British pound character (£), change this variable to reflect the new system name. For example:

AXML_ENCODING IS0-8859-1
This variable causes encoding information to be added to the header of XML files created by ACUCOBOL-GT. With the configuration file entry shown above, the following header would be included:


This header causes the ISO-8859-1 Latin encoding system to be applied to the data file as desired.

AcuXML supports the following encoding systems:

•UTF-8, default [8-bit Unicode Transformation Format, backwards compatible with US-ASCII]
•US-ASCII
•UTF-16 [16-bit Unicode Transformation Format]
•ISO-8859-1 [Latin 1, European encoding]

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[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 16 May 2011]

Hi, i write an xml using the c$xml API encoding it in "UTF-8".
call "c$xml" using CXML-NEW-PARSER
            giving wh-descr-parser.
if we-runtime-major-version >= 8
   call "C$XML" using CXML-SET-ENCODING
                      wh-descr-parser
                      "UTF-8"   
end-if.
It happens that when i write in it some accented character like "à", the final xml results in an invalid format and parsing it with "C$XML" CXML-PARSE-FILE returns CXML-PARSE-ERROR. Also, it is not possible to open the xml with a browser (chrome or firefox) as it says that the xml has a wrong format.

i write the accented character with the following
call "c$xml" using CXML-ADD-CHILD
                   wh-gsdx-doc
                   w78-gsdx-file
                   w-str
            giving wh-gsdx-file.
where w-str is a pic x(250) and is the data string, wh-gsdx-doc is the handle and w78-gsdx-file is a level 78 constant.

Am i missing something when writing?

Thank you for reply; i'm not using AcuXML, i'm using the c$xml function.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 16 May 2011]

Hi, i write an xml using the c$xml API encoding it in "UTF-8".
call "c$xml" using CXML-NEW-PARSER
            giving wh-descr-parser.
if we-runtime-major-version >= 8
   call "C$XML" using CXML-SET-ENCODING
                      wh-descr-parser
                      "UTF-8"   
end-if.
It happens that when i write in it some accented character like "à", the final xml results in an invalid format and parsing it with "C$XML" CXML-PARSE-FILE returns CXML-PARSE-ERROR. Also, it is not possible to open the xml with a browser (chrome or firefox) as it says that the xml has a wrong format.

i write the accented character with the following
call "c$xml" using CXML-ADD-CHILD
                   wh-gsdx-doc
                   w78-gsdx-file
                   w-str
            giving wh-gsdx-file.
where w-str is a pic x(250) and is the data string, wh-gsdx-doc is the handle and w78-gsdx-file is a level 78 constant.

Am i missing something when writing?

Sorry for replying to an old message but I encountered the same problem with extend 10.1.0 and using C$XML. I was convinced that using the statement:

CALL "C$XML" USING CXML-SET-ENCODING XML-PARSER-HANDLE(XMLF),
"UTF-8".

would solve this problem.

é, Ä, ä è etc. are left out of my XML file. So the name André is Andr in my XML file.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 16 May 2011]

Hi, i write an xml using the c$xml API encoding it in "UTF-8".
call "c$xml" using CXML-NEW-PARSER
            giving wh-descr-parser.
if we-runtime-major-version >= 8
   call "C$XML" using CXML-SET-ENCODING
                      wh-descr-parser
                      "UTF-8"   
end-if.
It happens that when i write in it some accented character like "à", the final xml results in an invalid format and parsing it with "C$XML" CXML-PARSE-FILE returns CXML-PARSE-ERROR. Also, it is not possible to open the xml with a browser (chrome or firefox) as it says that the xml has a wrong format.

i write the accented character with the following
call "c$xml" using CXML-ADD-CHILD
                   wh-gsdx-doc
                   w78-gsdx-file
                   w-str
            giving wh-gsdx-file.
where w-str is a pic x(250) and is the data string, wh-gsdx-doc is the handle and w78-gsdx-file is a level 78 constant.

Am i missing something when writing?

Using 10.1 have you set COBOL_CHARACTER_SET UTF-8 in your runtime configuration file?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 16 May 2011]

Hi, i write an xml using the c$xml API encoding it in "UTF-8".
call "c$xml" using CXML-NEW-PARSER
            giving wh-descr-parser.
if we-runtime-major-version >= 8
   call "C$XML" using CXML-SET-ENCODING
                      wh-descr-parser
                      "UTF-8"   
end-if.
It happens that when i write in it some accented character like "à", the final xml results in an invalid format and parsing it with "C$XML" CXML-PARSE-FILE returns CXML-PARSE-ERROR. Also, it is not possible to open the xml with a browser (chrome or firefox) as it says that the xml has a wrong format.

i write the accented character with the following
call "c$xml" using CXML-ADD-CHILD
                   wh-gsdx-doc
                   w78-gsdx-file
                   w-str
            giving wh-gsdx-file.
where w-str is a pic x(250) and is the data string, wh-gsdx-doc is the handle and w78-gsdx-file is a level 78 constant.

Am i missing something when writing?

I added the COBOL_CHARACTER_SET UTF-8 to my configuration file. That mutilated the data in my entry-field.

 

 became and in my XML file still Andr

 I edited the data in the entry-field to André (COBOL_CHARACTER_SET UTF-8 still in my configuration file) and made a new XML file. Still Andr in my XML file.

Here is a part of my XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!-- C:/BED/LIN/Export/WERKN.xml - generated by ACUCOBOL-GT v10.1.0 ECN-4454 ECN-4463 ECN-4464 ECN-4465 on 2017/03/28 -->
<InstallWare>
<Werknemers>
<Werknemer
Nummer="004020"
Zoekcode="BOURGONJ"
Initialen="ANBOU">
<Naam>Bourgonje</Naam>
<Voorletters>A.J.</Voorletters>
<Roepnaam>Andr</Roepnaam>
<Adressen>

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 16 May 2011]

Hi, i write an xml using the c$xml API encoding it in "UTF-8".
call "c$xml" using CXML-NEW-PARSER
            giving wh-descr-parser.
if we-runtime-major-version >= 8
   call "C$XML" using CXML-SET-ENCODING
                      wh-descr-parser
                      "UTF-8"   
end-if.
It happens that when i write in it some accented character like "à", the final xml results in an invalid format and parsing it with "C$XML" CXML-PARSE-FILE returns CXML-PARSE-ERROR. Also, it is not possible to open the xml with a browser (chrome or firefox) as it says that the xml has a wrong format.

i write the accented character with the following
call "c$xml" using CXML-ADD-CHILD
                   wh-gsdx-doc
                   w78-gsdx-file
                   w-str
            giving wh-gsdx-file.
where w-str is a pic x(250) and is the data string, wh-gsdx-doc is the handle and w78-gsdx-file is a level 78 constant.

Am i missing something when writing?

I made a stupid mistake in my program. It turned out that I dit not need the encoding "UTF-8" and the COBOL_CHARACTER_SET UTF-8. It works fine without. Now André is André again in my XML file ;-)