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FME Form produce erroneus filenames for FFS when (Windows) OS Locale are not en_US

  • January 19, 2026
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palhermans
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Hi, a client is using nb_NO (Norsk Bokmål) Locale on a Windows Server machine and the produced FFS filename is incorrect. They are using FME Form 2024.2.3.0.

I have tested same om my machine Windows 11, FME Form 2025.1.1.0 - build 25615. I want to produce a filename “t2_æøå”.FFS (where æ, ø and å are Norwegian alphabet letters)

  • using en_US Locale the produced file is t2_æøå.FFS
  • using nb_NO Locale the produced filename is t2_æøå. FFS

I repeated the test wiriting to Esri Shapefiles - and both Locale will give the result t2_æøå.shp. Seems like the FFS writer have an issue with Locale. Might be a known issue  but I was not able to find it. Thanks 

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palhermans
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  • January 21, 2026

Due to lack of response I raised a ticket on this case (#61855)