XML data encoding iso-8859-1 . Currently utf-16 is default encoding

Hello ABAP Gurus ,
Need a help from you .
Scenario : We have SAP4.7 enterprise version which we have now converted to Unicode system . There is a BSP application which talks to an external web application (Non Unicode) thru HTTP protocol and sends data thru XML.
Problem : Problem is at the time when BSP application prepares the XML While preparing XML data , before converting to Unicode environment the encoding was "iso-8859-1" . But now after Unicode conversion , the encoding is "UTF-16".
The XML data looks like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><DATA><ACTION>CREATE_TICKET</ACTION><CRI
I have tried replacing "utf-16" by "iso-8859-1 " . The interface works . But at the recieving end , ie external web application , the German umlauts appear as some garbage values .
I know we need to enforce encoding . I have tried with the following code but could not suceed . The encoding appears as "utf-16".
Following is the section of code which I have written in BSP application.
Daten in DOM-Baum wandeln
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      EXPORTING
        name        = 'DATA'
        dataobject = ls_cr_xml
      IMPORTING
        data_as_dom = if_dom
      CHANGING
        document    = if_document
      EXCEPTIONS
        OTHERS      = 1.
    IF sy-subrc NE 0.
      error_out text-f47 text-f48 space space.
    ENDIF.
DOM-Baum in Character-Stream wandeln
    if_pixml = cl_ixml=>create( ).
    IF if_pixml IS INITIAL.
      error_out text-f50 text-f53 space space.
    ENDIF.
    if_pstreamfact = if_pixml->create_stream_factory( ).
    IF if_pstreamfact IS INITIAL.
      error_out text-f51 text-f53 space space.
    ENDIF.
    if_postream = if_pstreamfact->create_ostream_cstring( string = xml_doc ).
    IF if_pstreamfact IS INITIAL.
      error_out text-f52 text-f53 space space.
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--Encoding--
data: gv_str type string.
data: gv_l_xml_encoding type ref to if_ixml_encoding.
data gv_l_resultb type boolean.
gv_str = 'ISO-8859-1' .
clear gv_l_xml_encoding.
      call method if_pixml->create_encoding
        EXPORTING
          byte_order    = 0
          character_set = gv_str
        RECEIVING
          rval          = gv_l_xml_encoding.
      clear gv_l_resultb.
      call method gv_l_xml_encoding->set_character_set
        EXPORTING
          charset = gv_str
        RECEIVING
          rval    = gv_l_resultb.
        call method if_document->set_encoding
        EXPORTING
          encoding = gv_l_xml_encoding.
----Append child -
CALL METHOD if_document->append_child
      EXPORTING
        new_child = if_dom
      RECEIVING
        rval      = lv_return.
    IF lv_return NE 0.
      error_out text-f47 text-f49 space space.
    ENDIF.
--Render the XML data to output stream--
    CALL METHOD if_document->render
      EXPORTING
        ostream = if_postream.
After this section of code is executed , the variable xml_doc gets filled up with XML data .
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><DATA><ACTION>CREATE_TICKET</ACTION><CRI
Can anybody help how to enforce encoding ?
Regards,
Laxman Nayak.

Hi Aslam Riaz,
Did you find any solution..?
Kindly help me on this issue.
Thanks and Regards,
Shailaja Chityala

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3) set the encoding from within the program with OutputStreamWriter, or use a PrintStream that has the encoding set..PrintStream out = new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(FileDescriptor.out), true, "ISO-8859-1");
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XML Encoding Issue - Format UTF-16 to ISO-8859-1

Dear Groupmates,
I have data in my Internal table which i am converting to XML using custom Transformation.
Data is going to third party.The third party system requires data in ISO-8859-1 Format but SAP is generating the same in UTF-16 Format.I have been able to change the format of file from
utf-16 to ISO-8859-1 format but after conversion i am getting invalid tag information in form of characters
like &lt , &gt etc..in my file.
Here is the code i have used to set the encoding to ISO-8859-1 :-
DATA: xmlout TYPE xstring.
DATA: ixml TYPE REF TO if_ixml,
streamfactory TYPE REF TO if_ixml_stream_factory,
encoding TYPE REF TO if_ixml_encoding,
ixml_ostream TYPE REF TO if_ixml_ostream.
ixml = cl_ixml=>create( ).
streamfactory = ixml->create_stream_factory( ).
ixml_ostream = streamfactory->create_ostream_xstring( xmlout ).
encoding = ixml->create_encoding(
character_set = 'ISO-8859-1' byte_order = 0 ).
ixml_ostream->set_encoding( encoding = encoding ).
Sample Output :-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<AMS_DOC_XML_EXPORT_FILE><AMS_DOCUMENT AUTO_DOC_NUM="FALSE" DOC_CAT="CA" DOC_CD="CA" DOC_DEPT_CD="045" DOC_ID="XR10281060830400001" DOC_IMPORT_MODE="OE" DOC_TYP="CH" DOC_UNIT_CD ="NULL" DOC_VERS_NO="01">
<CH_DOC_HDR AMSDataObject="Y">
<DOC_CAT Attribute="Y"><![CDATA[CA]]></DOC_CAT>
<DOC_TYP Attribute="Y"><![CDATA[CH]]></DOC_TYP>
Please let me know if anyone has idea how i can get rid of the invalid tag information.
Thanks !
With Regards,
Darshan Mulmule

Darshan,
Did you get an answer for this question? We have same requirement to create XML file in ISO-8859-1 format with Attributes is set to "Y" and CDATA is being used for data.
Can you please let me know if you still remember how did you achieve it?
Satyen...

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I am using xml publisher to generate a report in a pdf format, now my problem is user has entered a comment which is not supported by utf but in iso-8559-1 its working fine,
I tried to change the encoding in people code, xml doc file ,schema and xliff file but still the old formatting exist,should I change somewhere else.
Following the error i get when trying to generate pdf:"Error generating report output: (235,2309)Error occurred during the process of generating the output file from template file, XML data file, and translation XLIFF file.".The parser is not able to recognise with utf-8 encoding.

I had the same issue. I created the xml through rowset and used string substitute function and its working.
Sample:
&inXMLDoc = CreateXmlDoc("");
&ret = &inXMLDoc.CopyRowset(&rsHdr);
&sXMLString = &inXMLDoc.GenFormattedXmlString();
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GN.

Changing the xml encoding from UTF-8 to ISO-8859-1

Hi,
I have created an xml file in xMII transaction that I feed into a webservice as input. As of now, the data in the xml file is entirely english text (it would be changing to have European text soon). I gave the encoding as UTF-8.
I get an error on the webservice side(not xMII code) that the its not able to parse. The error is 'SaxParseException: Invalid 1 of 1-byte UTF-8 sequence). I know that an easy fix is if tI change the encoding to iso-8859-1.
But the reference document doesnot let me put anythign other than UTF-8. Even if I put <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> as the first line, when I save it and open it back, i see <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
Is there any way to change the encoding? Or better still, anyway idea why this invalid sequence is coming from?
Thanks,
Ravi.

Hi Ravi,
We have encountered scenarios where we needed to take the <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> out completely. As xMII was providing the Web Service, it needed a workaround.
In your case, it seems that you wish to pass it from xMII to an external Web Service provider. One option might be to pass the XML document as string.
Once you convert it to a string, it may escape all XMl characters (i.e. '<' into '<'). You could perform a string manipulation and remove the <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> from the string. You may also need to play around with xmlDecode( string ) function in the Link Editor.
I would suggest that before you try this option, create a string variable will the contents, but without the <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> and try assigning it to the input.
You may also wish to try a string variable that has <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> as the first line. If this works, you should be able to perform string manipulations to convert your XML document into this modified string.
Cheers,
Jai.

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