Hi All,
Thanks, but we wanted to know if anybody touches the "file.encoding"
java property since it has always defaulted to "MacRoman", and has
only recently been changed in Eclipse 3.4 to "UTF-8". The kit supports
UTF-8 for input text by default. However, for its output fonts, the
PDF uses "MacRomanEncoding" or "WinAnsiEncoding"; and there is no such
thing as UTF-8, AFIK.
With Kind Regards,
Dennis Gaastra,
Chief Technology Officer,
WEBAPPZ Systems, Inc.
On 3-Feb-09, at 7:00 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
On Feb 3, 2009, at 6:23 PM, David LeBer wrote:
On 3-Feb-09, at 8:23 PM, Gaastra Dennis - WO Lists wrote:
Dear List,
cc: Piere Frish - WebObjects Visionary
We noticed that our PDFkit does not work properly with the newest
Eclipse/WOLips 3.4.
It turns out that when applications launch from the newest
Eclipse, they have the property:
file.encoding=UTF-8 - Our PDFkit produces special characters
incorrectly
previously with Eclipse 3.3.X, and still case with deployment:
file.encoding=MacRoman - All OK
Now what is the best strategy going forward?
- Force the property to always be MacRoman with System.setProperty
or -Dfile.encoding=; or
- Force the property to always be UTF-8 + redo all our PDF fonts
for UTF-8; or
- any ideas?
Please advice, as we want to announce the newest PDFkit 5.4.3
soon! Thanks.
Dennis,
I can only speak from our experience, and we currently have no
requirement for a PDF framework, so take this in that light, but we
have been using UTF-8 encoding exclusively for all WO apps and DBs
for several years now. Knowing the grief it caused before we
standardized and got everything aligned, I think we would be
hesitant to use any third party framework that didn't fully support
UTF-8.
I'll just piggy back on David's thoughts. If you are doing
something for the web, UTF-8 is the right choice. MacRoman, clearly,
is not. Wonder goes to a bit of trouble to ensure that everything
is consistently UTF-8.
Chuck
--
Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development
Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their
overall knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific
problems.
http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects
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