Unexpected Behavior Using %GetText With Non-Unicode Text File

Metastorm

The information in this article applies to:

Product: Metastorm BPM
Version: 7.5.x

Issue

• Depending on how the function %GetText is used to return data from an ANSI-encoded text file, either the final character is not returned or an error is generated.

  1. If GetText is used in a calculation formula, e.g. %GetText("C:\\File1.txt"), the final character is not returned. No errors are generated.

  2. If GetText is assigned to a variable, e.g. %Memo1:=%GetText("C:\\File1.txt"), the user is presented with the error Engine exception : Failed to refresh form.

     Errors similar to the following are written to the Windows application event log:

     Unable to save Server Data delta. Error '-2147467261'

     or

     Failed to save server data.

Resolution

• This is a known issue.

• The workaround is to save the text file as Unicode-encoded (not Unicode big endian).