Shift-JIS encoding in fixed length text file using X++

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Hi Techies,

We've got a requirement where we need to prepare a fixed length file using X++ with Shift-JIS, encoding.
Below is the sample code for reference -

_fileData, is a string, which creates a fixed length data and using stream writer we are writing it in file.

using (var stream = new MemoryStream())            {          var writer = new StreamWriter(stream);         writer.Write(_fileData);                    writer.Flush();          stream.Position = 0;}

Whereas, we tried placing 'System.Text.Encoding::GetEncoding(932)' , but it didn't work? If anyone has worked on such requirement, your thoughts would be insightful !

var writer = new StreamWriter(stream, System.Text.Encoding::GetEncoding(932));

Thanks in advance !

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Martin Dráb 238,955 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Please never describe a problem by mere "it didn't work". Instead, tell us what happened.

Also, consider giving us code that others can run and reproduce your problem. It doesn't apply to your current snippet, because it doesn't contain population of stream variable.

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Apologies Sir Martin for incomplete info.

After adding below code, we are able to see the file with 'ANSI' tag as shown in below screen shot, which created the confusion, but after checking more, encoding - ANSI vs SHIFT JIS vs UTF-8 in c# - Stack Overflow

it seems, tag (ANSI) will show as per the system configuration, which may appear as Shift-JIS, could you share more light on this, which understanding is correct?

var writer = new StreamWriter(stream, System.Text.Encoding::GetEncoding(932));

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If the file doesn't contain any identification of encoding (such as Unicode BOM), the text editor can only guess what the encoding may be, therefore this is nothing to rely on. Select encoding manually (Encoding > Character sets > Japanese > Shift-JIS in Notepad++, which you seem to be using) to see whether the file looks correct if interpreted as Shift-JIS.

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