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setCharacterSet

void session.setCharacterSet ( String characterSet )

Description

Set the general character set used in page response renderings. This can be particularly helpful when the pages render characters incorrectly.

Parameters

  • characterSet Java recognized character set, as a string. Java provides a list of supported character sets in its documentation.

Return Values

Returns void.

Change Log

Version Description
4.5 Available for all editions.

This method must be invoked before the session starts.

If you are having trouble with characters displaying incorrectly, we encourage you to ready about how to go about finding a solution using one of our FAQs.

Examples

Set Character Set of All Scrapeable Files

 // In script called "Before scraping session begins"

 // Sets the character set to be applied to the last responses
 // of all scrapeable files in session.

 session.setCharacterSet( "ISO-8859-1" );

See Also

  • getCharacterSet() [session] - Gets the character set used to render all responses.
  • getCharacterSet() [scrapeableFile] - Get the character set used to responses to a specific scrapeable file.
  • setCharacterSet() [scrapeableFile] - Set the character set used to responses to a specific scrapeable file.
scraper on 07/16/2010 at 5:13 pm