XML Parameters
System-wide parameters that contain the relevant parameters for the XML encoding of Automic Automation versions prior to version 24.
Important! In versions 24.x and higher, AWI input fields that allow you to set a password are restricted to the allowed character encoding sets mentioned in this page.
XML_ENCODING
The database does not automatically convert data stored in binary form to UTF-8. Therefore, the Automation Engine converts legacy data to UTF-8 using the XML_ENCODING parameter. This parameter has to match the legacy database encoding, which was used before the UTF-8 conversion.
For example, XML_ENCODING is used for:
Communication with old agents.
Import of data from Transport Cases of versions before v24, where you can use the new batch parameter 'Y' of the AE DB Load utility to specify the encoding of these Transport Cases and convert it to UTF-8. For details, see also AE DB Load (UCYBDBLD.EXE)
Data stored in previous versions, such as passwords, or STORE objects if they are stored as text types.
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Description: Specifies the encoding that the Automation Engine used to encode XML files of versions before v24.
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Allowed values: ISO-8859-15, ISO-8859-1, and WINDOWS-1252
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Default value: ISO-8859-15
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Restart required: No
XML_ENCODING_CHECK
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Description: Checks the encoding during the import process. It affects the verification of imported XML files.
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Allowed values: Y and N
- Y: The import files must have the encoding that is assigned in the XML_ENCODING parameter.
- N: Encoding of the XML files is not checked.
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Default value: Y
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Restart required: No
ISO-8859-15 (Latin 9) contains the Euro (€) character and Western-European country-specific special characters. The table below lists additional differences:
| Characters | € | Š | š | Ž | ž | Œ | œ | Ÿ | ¤ | ¦ | ¨ | ´ | ¸ | ¼ | ½ | ¾ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO-8859-15 |
A4 |
A6 |
A8 |
B4 |
B8 |
BC |
BD |
BE |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| ISO-8859-1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
A4 |
A6 |
A8 |
B4 |
B8 |
BC |
BD |
BE |
| WINDOWS-1252 |
80 |
8A |
9A |
8E |
9E |
8C |
9C |
9F |
A4 |
A6 |
A8 |
B4 |
B8 |
BC |
BD |
BE |
Important! Do not use WINDOWS-1252 to edit binary values. WINDOWS-1252 is not able to encode certain binary values. When editing VARA objects that contain binary data, the VARAs value will be modified to a value that can be encoded using WINDOWS-1252.
The values that are not supported are: 0x81, 0x8D, 0x8F, 0x90, 0x9D.
See also: