Overview

Mendix encodes strings in UTF-8. 
This small JAVA action converts common German letters (Umlaute und ß) to be ASCII readable and deletes all other non-ASCII characters.

Documentation

FOR PLATFORM-SUPPORTED CONTENT

 

Please see in the Mendix documentation for details.

 

FOR COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED CONTENT

 

Description

Mendix encodes strings in UTF-8. 
This small JAVA action converts common German letters (Umlaute und ß) to be ASCII readable and deletes all other non-ASCII characters.

Typical usage scenario

Outlook mail Server decodes the file names of the attachments in ASCII. This leads to strange names if umlauts or "ß" are used. With the help of this JAVA action, the file name can be adapted very easily to make the file names of the attachments more readable. 

Features and limitations

All umlauts and "ß" are adjusted as follows:
ä = ae
ö= oe
ß = ss  etc. 

The limit is exactly that, if it is not an umlaut or an "ß" but not an ASCII character, the character is deleted.