About Character Encoding

For the CSV file, the Patron Import Converter uses Windows Latin (Cp1252) encoding by default. If it encounters illegal characters, the conversion process fails.

You can use any of the following character encoding for the CSV file:

  • ASCII
  • UTF8
  • Cp1252
  • UTF-16
  • ISO8859_1

Notes: 

  • The Patron Import Converter always creates an XML file with UTF8 encoding.
  • Other encodings are available, but they have not been tested with Destiny. You can view the full set of supported encoding values.
  • If the CSV file is not in Windows Latin (for example, a SQL Management Studio query result saved as CSV), the Patron Import Converter may not be able to preview the data. In this case, copy and paste a line into Notepad to preview the data.