Umlaut getting lost

[Former Member]

Hi experts!

I have to read a german catalogue as xml into an internal table. I have to make some minor changes to the file(write and translate tags , so I converted it into a string (str_gaeb), then I parse it to xml. The string still contains all umlaut characters, but my internal table (itab_upload) not...

I post the code sample below for better understanding...

Can somebody advise me how I can keep the special characters?

Thanks

Johann

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DATA: o_xml TYPE REF TO cl_xml_document.

DATA: itab_upload TYPE TABLE OF zstr_gaeb WITH HEADER LINE,

str_gaeb TYPE string.

DATA: l_streamfactory TYPE REF TO if_ixml_stream_factory,

l_istream TYPE REF TO if_ixml_istream,

l_dom TYPE REF TO if_ixml_element.

DATA: l_document TYPE REF TO if_ixml_document,

l_parser TYPE REF TO if_ixml_parser,

l_ixml TYPE REF TO if_ixml.

DATA: l_parse_error TYPE REF TO if_ixml_parse_error.

&----

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*& CREATING XML-FILE

*&

&----

---

• Create XML Object

CREATE OBJECT o_xml.

CALL METHOD o_xml->parse_string( str_gaeb )

• EXPORTING

• stream = O_xml

• receiving

• retcode =

.

*iXML factory

l_ixml = cl_ixml=>create( ).

*Create iXML stream factory and input stream

l_streamfactory = l_ixml->create_stream_factory( ).

CALL METHOD l_streamfactory->create_istream_cstring

EXPORTING

string = str_gaeb

RECEIVING

rval = l_istream.

*Create document and parser

l_document = l_ixml->create_document( ).

l_parser = l_ixml->create_parser(

stream_factory = l_streamfactory

istream = l_istream

document = l_document ).

*Parse the XML

IF l_parser->parse( ) NE 0.

IF l_parser->num_errors( ) NE 0.

...

l_parse_error = l_parser->get_error( index = sy-index ).

...

ENDIF.

ENDIF.

l_dom = l_document->get_root_element( ).

EXPORTING

data_as_dom = l_dom

• CONTROL =

IMPORTING

dataobject = itab_upload[]

• PROBLEMS =

EXCEPTIONS

illegal_object = 1

OTHERS = 2.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

RAISE import_failture.

ENDIF.

[Former Member]

Hello Johann,

This has certainly something to with the encoding of the XML you're parsing.

Try to set the encoding type with the method SET_ENCODING of class CL_XML_DOCUMENT before parsing your data.

Otherwise, it is possible to convert data from one codepage to another with the classes

CL_ABAP_CONV_IN_CE, CL_ABAP_CONV_OUT_CE, CL_ABAP_CONV_X2X_CE (These classes quite well documented and contains a lot of information about codepage/encoding translation)

I hope I brought you a little bit further