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Byte is Not a Member of the 7-bit ASCII Character Set

Clarify Scenario:

When translating a document with extended ascii characters an error occurs in the Auditor.

Clarify Issue:

This issue is common among XML documents and where source data originates from foreign trading partners. Foreign trading partners tend to use the ASCII extended charater set.



Windows Error:

Translation Messages:
Message ID: 78 - Source connector (com.extol.transformation.connectors.ConvertXmlToDocument) started.
Message ID: 78 - Secondary:
Message ID: 141 - org.dom4j.DocumentException: Byte "160" is not a member of the (7-bit) ASCII character set. Nested exception: Byte "160" is not a member of the (7-bit) ASCII character set.
Primary: org.dom4j.DocumentException: Byte "160" is not a member of the (7-bit) ASCII character set. Nested exception: Byte "160" is not a member of the (7-bit) ASCII character set.
Byte "160" is not a member of the (7-bit) ASCII character set. Nested exception: Byte "160" is not a member of the (7-bit) ASCII character set.

EBI 4 Resolution:

Clarify users will need to communicate with their trading partners that extended characters cannot be supported, at this time.
A full list of extended characters can be found in the link below

ASCII Standard/Extended Set


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