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    <p>I am trying to display a PDF by converting it into a binary string from the backend. This is the ajax call I am making</p> <pre><code> $.ajax({ type : 'GET', url : '&lt;url&gt;', data : oParameters, contentType : 'application/pdf;charset=UTF-8', success : function(odata) { window.open("data:application/pdf;charset=utf-8," + escape(odata)); </code></pre> <p>} });</p> <p>When I try to open the PDF in a new window, the url looks like</p> <blockquote> <p>data:application/pdf;charset=utf-8,%25PDF-1.3%0D%0A%25%uFFFD%uFFFD%uFFFD%uFFFD%0D%0A2%200%20obj%0D%0A/WinAnsiEncoding%0D........</p> </blockquote> <p>As you can see, it uses "WinAnsiEncoding" to display the PDF. Because of this, some of the characters are not being displayed properly. How do I change this to UTF-8?</p> <p>EDIT : The backend is in ABAP. I am converting a smartform to OTF and then to a string using the function module "CONVERT_OTF".</p> <pre><code> CALL FUNCTION fname EXPORTING user_settings = space control_parameters = ls_ctropt output_options = ls_output gv_lang = lv_lang IMPORTING job_output_info = ls_body_text EXCEPTIONS formatting_error = 1 internal_error = 2 send_error = 3 user_canceled = 4 OTHERS = 5. CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_OTF' EXPORTING format = 'PDF' IMPORTING bin_filesize = ls_pdf_len bin_file = ls_pdf_xstring TABLES otf = ls_body_text-otfdata lines = lt_lines EXCEPTIONS err_max_linewidth = 1 err_format = 2 err_conv_not_possible = 3 err_bad_otf = 4 OTHERS = 5. CALL METHOD server-&gt;response-&gt;set_header_field( name = 'Content-Type' value = 'application/pdf;charset=UTF-8' ). CALL METHOD server-&gt;response-&gt;append_data( data = lv_pdf_string length = lv_len ). </code></pre>
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    1. COShow us the serverside code that creates this PDF data.
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    2. COHave you checked that the user that is executing the ABAP program has the correct logon language set in its preferences?
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    3. COI am passing a language parameter to the smartform that is generating the PDF. The problem is for languages like Japanese for which "UTF-8" encoding has to be used, it works fine otherwise. Thanks.
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