Object Browser: Member text description displays incorrectly (umlauts, CCSID 273)

[3lku]

Hi,

In the Object Browser, the member description (text field) of source members is shown incorrectly if it contains German umlauts (ä, ö, ü).
Instead of displaying the correct characters, is shows replacement characters (�).

On the 5250 itself, the text is correctly displayed.

The source file uses CCSID 273, and the setting "sourceFileCCSID": "*file" is active.

Could it be related to the issue that wasn’t fully fixed in #2334?

( "Fix test 'check getMemberInfo' which has been broken since we introduced components" )

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To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a source physical file and member on the IBM i system using 5250, and enter a member description that contains umlauts (e.g., äöü).
   (Alternatively, use an existing member with umlauts in its text description.)

2. Connect to IBM i system in VS Code using vscode-ibmi

3. Open the Object Browser

4. Navigate to a source physical file (e.g. test123) that contains a member with umlauts in the description

5. Observe that the description shows ��� instead of äöü

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Expected behavior
The Object Browser should correctly show the umlauts as stored in the source member description, e.g. Umlaute äöü, when CCSID is 273.

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Context	Version
Code for IBM i version	2.16.3
Visual Studio Code version	1.102.3
Operating System	win32_x64

Active extensions

COBOL (cobol): 25.7.28
Code for IBM i Walkthroughs (vscode-ibmi-walkthroughs): 0.5.0
Db2 for IBM i (vscode-db2i): 1.13.3
Emmet (emmet): 1.0.0
Error Lens (errorlens): 3.26.0
Erweiterungserstellung (extension-editing): 1.0.0
Git (git): 1.0.0
Git-Basis (git-base): 1.0.0
GitHub (github): 0.0.1
GitHub-Authentifizierung (github-authentication): 0.0.2
IBM i Debug (ibmidebug): 3.0.0
IBM i Project Explorer (vscode-ibmi-projectexplorer): 2.12.3
JSON-Sprachfeatures (json-language-features): 1.0.0
Konfigurationsänderung (configuration-editing): 1.0.0
Live Server (LiveServer): 5.7.9
Merge-Konflikt (merge-conflict): 1.0.0
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RPGLE (vscode-rpgle): 0.32.2
Source Orbit (vscode-sourceorbit): 1.4.1
TypeScript- und JavaScript-Sprachfeatures (typescript-language-features): 1.0.0
npm-Unterstützung für VS Code (npm): 1.0.1

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Remote system

Setting	Value
IBM i OS	V7R4M0
Tech Refresh	10
CCSID Origin	273
Runtime CCSID	273
Default CCSID	273
SSHD CCSID	?
cqsh	true
SQL	Enabled
Source dates	Disabled

Shell env

BUILDLIB=QGPL
CURLIB=QGPL

LIBLS=QTEMP QGPL

PATH=/QOpenSys/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/QOpenSys/usr/bin/X11:/usr/sbin:.:/usr/bin
SHELL=/QOpenSys/usr/bin/bsh

Variants

{
  "american": "#@$",
  "local": "#�$",
  "qsysNameRegex": {}
}

[worksofliam]

Please let us know the following:

• user profile CCSID
• system QCCSID value
• default shell (as found in qsys2.user_info)

[3lku]

Hi

• User profile CCSID = *SYSVAL

• System value QCCSID = 273

• Default shell (as found in qsys2.user_info):

SELECT PASE_SHELL_PATH
FROM QSYS2.USER_INFO
WHERE AUTHORIZATION_NAME = 'MYUSER';

value: <NULL>

SELECT PASE_SHELL_PATH
FROM QSYS2.USER_INFO
WHERE AUTHORIZATION_NAME = 'QSYS';

value: <NULL>

SELECT COALESCE(
NULLIF(TRIM((SELECT PASE_SHELL_PATH
FROM QSYS2.USER_INFO
WHERE AUTHORIZATION_NAME = 'MYUSER')), ''),
NULLIF(TRIM((SELECT PASE_SHELL_PATH
FROM QSYS2.USER_INFO
WHERE AUTHORIZATION_NAME = 'QSYS')), ''),
'/QOpenSys/usr/bin/bsh'
) AS EFFECTIVE_SHELL
FROM SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1;

value: /QOpenSys/usr/bin/bsh

[worksofliam]

@3lku what happens if you change your user profile to 273 also?