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Accented characters such as Umlauts appear as question marks in DOORS Client 'Message of the Day' text box.

Troubleshooting


Problem

Attempts to use accented characters such as umlauts (äüö)in the 'Message of the day' results in question marks (??)  being displayed in the IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS client.

Symptom

When the DOORS Client displays this message (at login), umlauts are displayed as question marks (??).

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 July 2020

UID

ibm16216053