Now, we had a requirement to output the file in utf-8 encoding format and the credit for this post goes to Super Mario (Read below to find who Super Mario is ;-) ..) for his tip which I'm sharing with you all.
Tip/Solution:
The UTF-8 encoding was achieved by using an additional parameter while calling the constructor for CommaTextIO class.The 3rd(optional) parameter is the codepage integer value. It was achieved as per below:
commaTextIo = new CommaTextIo(fileitemdata,#io_write, 65001);
65001 is the Codepage identifier for utf-8
What's interesting in Dynamics AX 2012 for UTF-8:
I was curious to know how UTF-8 is implemented in the new version of Dynamics AX 2012 and did a search at the AOT Level, found that now we have a placeholder for UTF-8 format in AOT > Macros > File
I compared the File Macro in AX 2009 and AX 2012, in AX 2009 there’s no macro for utf-8 but in AX
2012, we have a declaration for it in Macros > File
/*
UTF-8 Format
*/
#define.utf8Format (65001)
public void sendTo_file(Editor
e)
{
Filename filename;
TextIo io;
int
i = strFind(e.path(), '\\', strLen(e.path()),
-strLen(e.path()));
str
defaultName = subStr(e.path(), i+1, strLen(e.path()));
;
filename = WinAPI::getSaveFileName(0, ['Text','*.txt'], '', "@SYS56237", 'txt',
defaultName );
if
(filename)
{
// BP deviation documented
io = new
TextIo(filename, 'W', 65001); // Write the
file in UTF8
io.write(EditorScripts::getSelectedText(e));
}
}
I extended our current File Macro by including the following utf encoding declarations under
Macros > File for our future reference.
/*
UTF Encoding Format
*/
#define.utf7Format (65000)
#define.utf8Format (65001)
#define.utf16Format (1200)
#define.utf32format (12000)
#define.usascii (20127)
Below MSDN link has the definitions of all the codepage values if you are interested.
Ok Ok... I know you have reached here and still wondering who is Super Mario .. :-) He's my boss who is a techie himself. :-)
Ok Ok... I know you have reached here and still wondering who is Super Mario .. :-) He's my boss who is a techie himself. :-)
