Unicode and Encodings

PML Publisher preserves the encodings (eg LATIN1 or Unicode) of the files it encrypts. You must ensure that these are compatible with the version of PDMS or Outfitting that will run the encrypted files.

If the target system is Unicode compatible (eg 12.1 series) then UTF-8 with a byte-order-mark is recommended if characters outside the LATIN1 range are required.

For non-Unicode target systems (eg 12.0 series) encrypted Unicode files will not be suitable, and you must ensure that the expected encodings match between the encrypting and running systems if characters beyond the ASCII range are required.

Encrypted files use only ASCII characters, and therefore do not require a byte-order-mark.