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Re: [Dhis2-devs] Regarding Program Notifications in Language other than English.

 

Thanks for the reply Dan & Alex,

If possible can you please share the link for Jira issue also ?



On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 9:35 PM, Alex Tumwesigye <atumwesigye@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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@internationalmedicalco
>> rps.org> 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=
>> internationalmedicalcorps.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Sourabh
>> Bhardwaj
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 30, 2017 11:26 AM
>> *To:* dhis2-devs <dhis2-devs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Cc:* dhis2-users <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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>
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> - DHIS2, Disease Outbreak & Surveillance Systems) & Solar Consultant
>
>
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