Specifying code pages for output data

The output can inherit the code page specified for the input, or you can specify a new code page for the output. The code page you specify must be supported by the output device (e.g. a printer).

To specify a code page for the output

1	Activate the generic layer in the Platform view.

2	In the Platform view, double-click the output connector. The Output Connector Settings dialog box opens.

3	Click the Code page icon and select Inherit code page or select the appropriate code page from the Code page drop-down list.

 

Option	When to select
Inherit code page	If you want to use the same code page for both input and output
Select a code page	If you want to select a different code page for the output. This code page must cover at a minimum all the characters covered in the code page for the input.

Dynamically selecting code pages for the output

You cannot apply scripting or aliases to the output in order to dynamically select code pages. However, if you specify dynamic selection of code pages for the input, and select Inherit code page for the output, the code pages for the output will be dynamically selected as well.

To specify the byte order for UCS-2 encoded data

For the UTF-16 encoding schemes, each character code unit is represented by two bytes. When you select UCS-2 as code page, you must also specify how the bytes are ordered for each code unit – most significant byte first or last.

From the Byte order drop-down list, select Most significant byte last (Little Endian) or Most significant byte first (Big Endian). The byte order to select depends on the application that receives the output.

To add a byte order mark to UTF-8 and UCS-2 encoded data

Select Add byte order mark if you want to add a byte order mark at the beginning of a UCS-2 (UTF-16) or UTF-8 encoded output file.

The application that receives the output can use this byte order mark to automatically determine the encoding (UTF-8 or UTF-16 encoding scheme) and the byte order used for the data in the UTF-16 encoding scheme.