Comments and answers for "Greek letters of attributes are not shown correctly in FME"

Comment by jovitaatsafe on jovitaatsafe's comment

jovitaatsafe — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:34:43 GMT

That is strange, but glad to hear it! We're aiming to make this better in the future!

Comment by andybev on andybev's answer

andybev — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 10:16:54 GMT

Strangely this is now working fine. I didn't do anything except view the language settings.

Comment by andybev on andybev's answer

andybev — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:02:32 GMT

Thanks for the answer. The work-around is a bit of a red herring though, as the language I want for non-unicode programs is... unicode. But its not an option. I guess I could set it to Greek but then everything else would be wrong. Thanks anyway.

Answer by jovitaatsafe

jovitaatsafe — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:21:14 GMT

Hi @andybev,

Currently, FME handles attribute names with systems default encoding and doesn't have the same encoding application as the data values, which is why the values are displaying correctly but the header row is not. Our team is working hard on extending that functionality for the future (in either a future 2019 release or 2020) so that the attribute names will be handled correctly. The issue is FMEENGINE-56578. Thanks everyone for raising the issue and for your patience.

In the meantime, a potential workaround is to set your systems encoding on your computer to the desired encoding. You can find that your Region and Language settings on Windows, and you can set the Country or Region, Language, and in Administrative Language Settings, the language for non-Unicode programs, and see if that might work for you.

Answer by andybev

andybev — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 17:09:29 GMT

< div class = " fr-view clearfix " > < p >我有the same problem with excel column headers with greek characters not being read correctly when using an excel reader. I have submitted a case with a sample file to support@safe.

Comment by david_r

david_r — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 08:25:18 GMT

Hi

In that case, I recommend sending a minimalist sample (workspace and a small dataset) to reproduce the issue to Safe support (https://knowledge.safe.com/knowledgeSubmitCase).

David

Comment by dkar

dkar — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 08:08:58 GMT

Hello, Thanks for the answer. I had tried both of the options but with no success. Moreover this issue can not be only related with the Data Inspector cause I get the same problem when I expand the reader's attributes as seen: [image: Inline image 1]

Comment by david_r

david_r — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 07:49:26 GMT

Hi

When creating the Shape reader, which character set did you specify? Example:

You might also want to try setting it to Unicode utf-8.

There is also a slight possibility that it is a limitation of the Data Inspector and its column headings, but you'll probably have to contact Safe support to get that confirmed.

David