Generate csv and pdf reports in Arabic Language with HttpServletResponse (java8 and eclipse)

Asked Nov 16 '21 at 11:55

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I am trying to generate CSV and pdf reports containing caracters in Arabic language. After exporting the files, the arabic caracters are displaying like "ØØØÙ‡Ù‡Ù‡Ù" instead of Arabic. Please any help to solve this problem. I’m using the code below :

byte[] csv = str.toString().getBytes("UTF-8");
        HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext()
                .getResponse();
        response.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
        response.setContentType("application/csv; charset=UTF-8");
        response.addHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + exportFileName + ".csv");
        response.setContentLength(csv.length);
        response.getOutputStream().write(csv);
        FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().responseComplete();

PS : arabic caracters are diplaying right in the consol of Eclipse.

asked Nov 16 '21 at 11:55

kaouther ben smida

What encoding do you use for reading the file? – dan1st Nov 16 '21 at 12:19
i'm using microsoft excel to read the file so its default encoding. – kaouther ben smida Nov 16 '21 at 13:01
You may want to use that weird windows encoding (cp+a number) instead of UTF-8. – dan1st Nov 16 '21 at 13:48
i tried it and it doesn't work – kaouther ben smida Nov 16 '21 at 14:05
You have to add BOM to the begin of the file, so exael will know the enocding and it will work,. if you want general solution that work on windows arabic locale and english locale, use UTF 16 LE encoding and Tab as delimiter in addition to BOM, Read this for more information: https://informatic-ar.com/csv-arabic-excel/ – Wajdy Essam Nov 22 '21 at 23:11

Generate csv and pdf reports in Arabic Language with HttpServletResponse (java8 and eclipse)

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