function mthname(1) for "de-at" language returns "J?nner" instead of "Jänner" (January) - very strange (März/March works perfectly)

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Posted on by Christopher Gily

Hi there,

i got a strange problem while using function mthname().

we are using the language "de-at" in AX2009 and if we use the function mthname() it returns "Jنnner" instead of "Jänner", if the date is in january.

The conversion of "march" works perfectly - so it doesn't seem to be a problem with the german umlauts.

i was looking in the Label-files, and the one and only "wrong" label is "@SYP2528: - als Toleranzwert von Jنnner bis Mنrz 2010 oder im 1. Quartal 2010", there doesn't exits a label for "Jنnner" - so it seems to be a system-near conversion of the name not using the label-files - am i wright?

i didn't find any solution or others with the same problem - any ideas?

is there a wrong configuration in system? which settings should i check?

Kernel-Version: 5.0.1600.1578
Application version: 5.0.1500.4570

thanks in advance!

regards,
christopher

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Dick Wenning 8,705 Moderator on at

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looks like Unicode.

what code is used?

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Hi,

thanks to your response.

the systems should be configured to use unicode, but where can i check the used code?

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window region settings of the user (not shure)

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labels are written in UTF8

If you just open the label.ald with notepad, does shows correct?

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the windows-region-setting is set to "german (austria)" - this setting is done also for non-unicode-programs.

if i open the label-file with notepad, the label is shown correct.

But i think, that the method "mthname()" doesn't use labels to convert the month-number to the month-name.

if i use the Label "@SYS24776 Jänner" from axSysde-at.ald in AX (Infolog, or something else), ths system shows this label correct.

i changed the label "@SYS24776 Jänner" to another text, and the method "mthname(1)" returns still "Jنnner" - so, where does the method get the (wrong) text for conversion?

which output do you get, if you test the following in your system (if possible) in a job:

infolog.language('de-at'); //change the language to austria

info(mthname(1)); //output the monthname

--> what show's your infolog? "Jänner" or Jنnner"?

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I'm on a newer AX 2009 version and it shows correctly as "Jänner". Guess you could install the latest update rollup or hotfixes to resolve this issue.

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Hello Christopher!

Any news on this topic?

Regards, Ballhopper

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