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[Alex Tumwesigye <atumwesigye@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sourabh,
We reported this issue of adding % to text.Its not a sms gateway issue.

Hope it will be fixed soon.

Alex

On Wednesday, August 30, 2017, Sourabh Bhardwaj <bsourabh191@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Gaurav,
>
> Gateway Actually supports Unicode format , If we are sending message
> directly using http request provides by gateway  , it is working fine
> there.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> On 30-Aug-2017 1:51 PM, "Gaurav Kumar" <gkumar@
> internationalmedicalcorps.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','gkumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx');>>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Sourabh,
>
>
>
> I don’t think DHIS2 is at fault here, it should be the SMS gateway that
> should handle the decoding of the message string. You will also need to
> consider the charset of the outgoing text and parameterize it to the
> gateway (most gateways will default to UTF-8 encoding, unless specified
> otherwise).
>
>
>
> I would advise you to refer the SMS gateway documentation to sort out the
> details.
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> GAURAV
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Dhis2-devs [mailto:dhis2-devs-bounces+gkumar
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','dhis2-devs-bounces%2Bgkumar');>=
> internationalmedicalcorps.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','internationalmedicalcorps.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx');>]
> *On Behalf Of *Sourabh Bhardwaj
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 30, 2017 11:26 AM
> *To:* dhis2-devs <dhis2-devs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','dhis2-devs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx');>>
> *Cc:* dhis2-users <dhis2-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','dhis2-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx');>>
> *Subject:* [Dhis2-devs] Regarding Program Notifications in Language other
> than English.
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> Has anyone used the Program Notifications for any regional language.
>
>
>
> We have a Use case to send program notifications in Hindi , The gateway we
> are using supports Unicode sms service. But if we are trying to send same
> Text from Dhis2 it converts it to special characters.
>
>
>
> i.e: Unicode for नमस्ते:  %26%232344%3B%26%232350%3B%26
> %232360%3B%26%232381%3B%26%232340%3B%26%232375%3B
>
>
>
> Have tried with both normal Hindi text and Unicode Text. Both are not
> currently supported. Using version 2.26 , build revision 44ec074.
>
>
>
> Please share your experience.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Sourabh Bhardwaj
>
> Hisp India
>
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>

-- 
Alex Tumwesigye

Technical Advisor - DHIS2 (Consultant),
Ministry of Health/AFENET  | HISP Uganda
Kampala
Uganda
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IT Consultant (Servers, Networks and Security, Health Information Systems -
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