Unicode Problem with German characters "Umlaute"

Hi,

How do these characters get into the DOM in the first place?  Are you reading them from a file?  The way I understand it, the DOM is unicode, it has no transparent encoding--encoding is an act that is only necessary when serializing the internal representation for the purpose of storing the document in an external representation (a file, a network message).  So it is also possible that the characters are not being inserted into the DOM correctly.

This link could be helpful to you:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20173620/MS-ServerXMLHTTP-or-XMLHTTP-Request.html

Viel Glück!

Thanks all for your comments.

I have solved this problem in the meantime. It was simple.

java -Dfile.encoding=[yourcharacterset]

Because Sun Platforms has not as default german windows platfroms the iso 88591 character set.

regards
Mark

Moderators - this is for deletion

zlatev,

Please do NOT propose an answer for a question which may or may not be deleted. Just messes up the works.

Thanks,
Netminder
CS Moderator

@Netminder, the message before mine is clear enough:
"I have solved this problem in the meantime"
So this question is for deletion or for closing another way I think.

Also please suggest me another way to help you in moderating these types of questions. Note that sometimes I read the same question more than one time (because it is left as Unanswered question), and loose MY time (I do not earn my money from EE) in reading such questions that should be closed in one way or another.

Kind Regards,
Zlatin Zlatev, MCSD

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To @megloff, @klausbert and @PeterCiuffetti:

I am going to sugest this question to be closed in 7 days (marked as PAQ) and points refunded to the asker (@megloff), because he solved his question meanwhile.

The solution was:
________
java -Dfile.encoding=[yourcharacterset]

Because Sun Platforms has not as default german windows platfroms the iso 88591 character set.
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If any of you have any objections you have time till 14.Oct.2002 to post them here.

PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT THIS COMMENT AS AN ANSWER!

@Netminder: My suggestion will be PAQ/Refund and I will make it after 14.Oct.2002

Kind Regard,
Zlatin Zlatev, MCSD

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P.S.
@NetMinder, I am aware that none of the Moderators earn money from EE, nor do any Experts... My point was:
I cannot remmeber what questions I have read, and in which of them I am not interested in (anymore). When I read such question many times, I am definetly not happy with that fact. I wish to have ability to change the status of this messages (maybe to add them to some kind of ignore list) so that I am not able to read them again in the UnlockedQ list.
Hope you will get my idea now. Maybe I should make this as suggestion in support area?

zlatev,

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