XMLDocument doesn't handle Umlauts / Encoding?

[gdrenfrew]

Hi there,

I'm trying to load data into my XMLDocument using javascript. The data can contain umlauts.

The data comes via an ASP page and is parsed through a stylesheet.

When I have my string of data and perform
oXMLAll.XMLDocument.loadXML(myData) the resulting oXMLAll.XMLDocument.xml is empty.

When I remove the umlauts from my data, the data is successfully loaded into the XMLDocument.

Do I need to set encoding on the XMLDocument? If so how do I do this?

Thank you.

 

[jel]

http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_encoding.asp

 

[chiph]

Once you've decided to accept international characters, you have to explicitly change your encoding to UTF-8. In the case of a XSL transformation document, you need to set it on the document, as well as on it's xslutput tag.

<!-- Category: top-level-element -->
<xslutput
method = "xml" | "html" | "text" | qname-but-not-ncname
version = nmtoken
encoding = string
omit-xml-declaration = "yes" | "no"
standalone = "yes" | "no"
doctype-public = string
doctype-system = string
cdata-section-elements = qnames
indent = "yes" | "no"
media-type = string />

Chip H.


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[chiph]

Oops, didn't actually answer your question.

To set the encoding on an XmlDocument, you have to access it's XmlDeclaration object. This should be the first child node under the document.

XmlDeclaration xd = (XmlDeclaraion)myDoc.FirstChild;
xd.Encoding = "UTF-8";

I suspect, however, that the call to loadXML will overwrite this value -- you should ensure that the document you're trying to load has it's encoding set to UTF-8 as well.

Like I said earlier, once you go International, *everything* has to be internationalized. You can't rely on defaults.

Chip H.