I am creating and XML object using <cfxml>
:
<cfxml variable="LOCAL.Xml">
<Root>
<Header>
<CompanyName>ACME</CompanyName>
<AccountNumber>ACM1234</AccountNumber>
<FileTimeStamp>2020-05-19{T}22:13:51</FileTimeStamp>
<TimeZone>EDT</TimeZone>
</Header>
</Root>
</cfxml>
When I convert it to a String, the XML declaration is added to the top with encoding="UTF-8"
. How do I specify a different encoding using CF11?
I've tried <cfprocessingdirective encoding="iso-8859-1">
.
I've tried <cfheader name="content-disposition" charset="iso-8859-1" value="attachment; filename=file.xml" />
.
I've tried converting it to Binary with encoding "iso-8859-1" and then back to string.
Every time I get the same result.
This is copied from the documentation for cfxml
posted here - CFXML
To convert an XML document object back into a string, use the
ToString
function, at which time ColdFusion automatically prepends the<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
XML declaration.To change the declaration to specify another encoding, use the
Replace
function. To specify the encoding of the text that is returned to a browser or other application, use thecfcontent
tag. The following example illustrates this process:
<cfprocessingdirective suppressWhiteSpace = "yes">
<cfcontent type="text/xml; charset=utf-16">
<cfxml variable="xmlobject">
<breakfast_menu>
<food>
<name quantity="50">Belgian Waffles</name>
<description>Our famous Belgian Waffles</description>
</food>
</breakfast_menu>
</cfxml>
<!--- <cfdump var="#xmlobject#">--->
<cfset myvar=toString(xmlobject)>
<cfset mynewvar=replace(myvar, "UTF-8", "utf-16")>
<!---<cfdump var="#mynewvar#">--->
<cfoutput>#mynewvar#</cfoutput>
</cfprocessingdirective>
The cfprocessingdirective tag prevents ColdFusion from putting white space characters in front of the XML declaration.
Notice the mention that "ColdFusion automatically prepends the <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
XML declaration"
And their recommended method to change that using "the Replace
function". So for you the replace would become:
<cfset myvar=toString(xmlobject)>
<cfset mynewvar=replace(myvar, "UTF-8", "iso-8859-1")>
And you would also want to change the cfcontent
tag as:
<cfcontent type="text/xml; charset=iso-8859-1">