Systems in no Unicode

Hi all,
We have systems with different codification to unicode. I know XI uses Unicode, is there any problem conecting XI with no-unicode systems?
It shouldn't be...no?
Regards,
Urtzi.

Hi,
Non Unicode SAP systems are not an issue as far as I know.
You can maintain connections in XI to the non Unicide SAP system and XI has capabilities to handle the same.
In the case of non unicode Legacy systems ( in case you are using File adapter etc ), you can face an issue if the data is a data that is not supported by a Valid XML character set.
Look into this link and you can see the Hexa Decimal Range of valid Unicode values.
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-well-formed
If the Legacy system is sending data confirming in this range then you will not face an issue, else you might need some special logic to handle the characters,
Regards
Bhavesh
ps Currently facing an issue when Non Unicode data is in my source file sent by my legacy system and having to write modules to handle the same

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