Issue writing file in ANSI

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Hi all

I have an issue when writing a file. I try to write the file in textencoding::WINDOWS(Ansi), but end up having encoding "UCS-2 Little Endian" when I open the file in Notepad++

Here is my code:

LOCAL SaveToFilePath(FileContent : Text;RecordRef : RecordRef)
FieldRef := RecordRef.FIELD(3);
IF ISSERVICETIER THEN BEGIN

TempFile.CREATETEMPFILE(TEXTENCODING::Windows);
TempFile.CREATEINSTREAM(inStream);

Counter := 1;
REPEAT
Text := COPYSTR(FileContent, Counter,1);
TempFile.WRITE(Text);
Counter += 1;
UNTIL Counter > STRLEN(FileContent);

FileTo := FORMAT(FieldRef.VALUE)+'.txt';
FileName := FileTo;

// Tranfer the content from the temporary file on the NAV server to a file on the RoleTailored client.
DOWNLOADFROMSTREAM(
inStream,
'Save File to RoleTailored Client',
FileMgt.Magicpath,
'Text File *.txt| *.txt',
FileTo);
// Close the temporary file and delete it from NAV server.
TempFile.CLOSE();

END;
FileMgt.MoveFile(FileTo,ConsignorSetup."File Path"+FileName);

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RE: Issue writing file in ANSI

Thanks for the link Nareshwar!

For those interested I rewrote the code to use .net streamwriter an encoding.default which in this case is a type of ANSI

FieldRef := RecordRef.FIELD(3);

IF ISSERVICETIER THEN BEGIN

TempFile.CREATE('C:\Temp\ConsignorTempFile.wfd'); //

TempFile.CREATEOUTSTREAM(outStream);

streamWriter := streamWriter.StreamWriter(outStream, encoding.Default);

streamWriter.WriteLine(FileContent);

streamWriter.Close;

TempFile.CLOSE();

FileTo := FORMAT(FieldRef.VALUE)+'.wfd';

FileName := FileTo;

DOWNLOAD(

'C:\Temp\temp.txt',

'Save File to RoleTailored Client',

FileMgt.Magicpath,

'Text File *.wfd| *.wfd',

FileTo);

END;

FileMgt.MoveFile(FileTo,ConsignorSetup."File Path"+FileName);

ERASE('C:\Temp\ConsignorTempFile.wfd');
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Nareshwar Raju Vane... 5,596 on at

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RE: Issue writing file in ANSI

Hi,

I am not sure how accurate Notepad++ is.

Check this link: programmers.stackexchange.com/.../how-to-detect-the-encoding-of-a-file

Hope it helps.