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Problem with accented character with FME 2019.1.0.0 (20190710 - Build 19608 - Win64)

  • November 14, 2019
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bernarddinon
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Hello,

 

I make a Workspace to import CAD Data in Oracle Spatial.

 

 

In my CAD file, i have some layer with accented character like 3.1 MP - A désaffecter.

 

 

When FME read Autocad Writer i have the error : "ACAD reader: The encoded string is not a valid fme-wwjd string: '3.1 MP - A d\\xC3\\xA9saffecter'"

 

 

In other workspace, I met same problem with parameters which contains accented character or with excel files with accented character.

 

 

Can you help me?

 

With FME 2018, i hadn't this problem.

 

 

Thanks

 

 

Bernard Dinon

 

Best answer by mark2atsafe

Hello @bernarddinon - it looks like this is the same issue as here: https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/89891/fme-2019-acad-reader-error-the-encoded-string-is-n.html

There is already a report for the problem (reference FMEENGINE-59779) and I will follow up with the developers and product managers to see if we can get this one fixed quickly, as there are a lot of users affected.

The workaround is to have each feature type (layer) listed separately in the workspace and not to use the Feature Type Merge Filter. It will take up more space in the workspace, but you can put a bookmark around it and collapse it, and that would help.

Apologies for the inconvenience, and thank you for your patience.

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mark2atsafe
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Hello @bernarddinon - it looks like this is the same issue as here: https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/89891/fme-2019-acad-reader-error-the-encoded-string-is-n.html

There is already a report for the problem (reference FMEENGINE-59779) and I will follow up with the developers and product managers to see if we can get this one fixed quickly, as there are a lot of users affected.

The workaround is to have each feature type (layer) listed separately in the workspace and not to use the Feature Type Merge Filter. It will take up more space in the workspace, but you can put a bookmark around it and collapse it, and that would help.

Apologies for the inconvenience, and thank you for your patience.


bernarddinon
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  • November 14, 2019

Hi @mark2atsafe . Thank you for your answer. I will try the workaround.

 

 

Thank you

mark2atsafe
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Hello @bernarddinon - it looks like this is the same issue as here: https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/89891/fme-2019-acad-reader-error-the-encoded-string-is-n.html

There is already a report for the problem (reference FMEENGINE-59779) and I will follow up with the developers and product managers to see if we can get this one fixed quickly, as there are a lot of users affected.

The workaround is to have each feature type (layer) listed separately in the workspace and not to use the Feature Type Merge Filter. It will take up more space in the workspace, but you can put a bookmark around it and collapse it, and that would help.

Apologies for the inconvenience, and thank you for your patience.

So I got in touch with the development team responsible for this. Ironically (if that's the word) I missed their weekly meeting this morning by a few minutes, so we'll have to wait until next week for them to look at the issue - but I'm told it is now a "priority fix" and we'll see some action on it shortly.


bernarddinon
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So I got in touch with the development team responsible for this. Ironically (if that's the word) I missed their weekly meeting this morning by a few minutes, so we'll have to wait until next week for them to look at the issue - but I'm told it is now a "priority fix" and we'll see some action on it shortly.

Thanks. I'm waiting your feedback :)


bernarddinon
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  • November 15, 2019

So I got in touch with the development team responsible for this. Ironically (if that's the word) I missed their weekly meeting this morning by a few minutes, so we'll have to wait until next week for them to look at the issue - but I'm told it is now a "priority fix" and we'll see some action on it shortly.

I tried your workaround and it works, but if we hava a lot of feature (Layer), it's take place even with bookmark :(


ebygomm
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  • November 15, 2019

Hi @mark2atsafe . Thank you for your answer. I will try the workaround.

 

 

Thank you

Do you need to specify the feature types/layers to read? If you don't specify, it appears to read layers even with accented characters with no issues.

It also doesn't appear to be a problem for the FeatureReader even if specifying feature types to read, so you could use that with the generic port


bernarddinon
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Do you need to specify the feature types/layers to read? If you don't specify, it appears to read layers even with accented characters with no issues.

It also doesn't appear to be a problem for the FeatureReader even if specifying feature types to read, so you could use that with the generic port

Yes. It's better because i have a lot of layer, but i can put a testfilter after reader where i don't specify the feature. I'm goint to test your idea and i let you know the result.

 

 


ebygomm
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Yes. It's better because i have a lot of layer, but i can put a testfilter after reader where i don't specify the feature. I'm goint to test your idea and i let you know the result.

 

 

The FeatureReader option that I just edited my answer to include may be better in that case

bernarddinon
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The FeatureReader option that I just edited my answer to include may be better in that case

Thank. I will try the FeatureReader solution and i'm tell you the result.