EDI 5.3 and above will not process an EDIFACT file with Latin-2 characters even though these characters were added into the user.cs file on a Linux system.

EDI 5.3 and above will not process an EDIFACT file with Latin-2 characters even though these characters were added into the user.cs file on a Linux system.

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Article ID: KB0094252

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TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol Powered by Instream -
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Description

Resolution:
Description:
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EDI 5.3 and above will not process an EDIFACT file with Latin-2 characters (such as these:  ßàáâãäåæçèéêë)even though these characters have been added into the user.cs file on Linux systems.  

Environment:
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BusinessConnect EDI Protocol 5.3.X and 5.4.X all versions
Linux all versions

Cause:
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This can happen if the default locale for a Linux system is set "en_US.UTF-8".

Resolution:
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Override the default file encoding by adding the following to the deployed BC tra file:

java.property.file.encoding ISO-8859-1

Issue/Introduction

EDI 5.3 and above will not process an EDIFACT file with Latin-2 characters even though these characters were added into the user.cs file on a Linux system.