Unicode in ABAP-Mapping (u00E9 becomes u00C3u00A9)

Hello all,
I implemented this guide to create a flatfile from an IDoc. It works fine, but some characters are not mapped correctly: an "é" for example becomes "Ã©" and an "ú" becomes "Ãº". Is this a Unicode problem or something? If yes, how can I use Unicode in ABAP mapping?
As the XML-IDoc is transfered correctly to XI the problem is not in communication channels... it's in the ABAP mapping.
Best regards,
David

Hi David,
As michal said the problem needs to be isolated whether it is at the mapping level or at the file adapter level.
In case it the file adapter then you can mention the encoding standard and if its at the abap mapping the your objects should be unicode enabled.
Regards
joel

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3. JAVA Mapping
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/6d/aadd3e6ecb1f39e10000000a114084/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/43/c4cdfc334824478090739c04c4a249/content.htm
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/73/f61eea1741453eb8f794e150067930/content.htm
http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/
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1) pls explain abap mapping and message mapping
send me screen shorts also.

Hi
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ABAP mapping
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When data is to be sorted based on certain field (considering File as source)
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Interface mapping testing does not show proper error description. So errors in XSLT programs are difficult to trace in XI but can be easily identified outside XI using browser.
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MAPPING SUPPORTED BY XI
Message Mapping -> Graphical Design and testing environment. Default Provided By XI. Queue based modelling allow handling or large documents. Extensible via user defined functions
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Edited by: Andreas on Feb 26, 2009 9:09 AM

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