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Making Programs Unicode EnabledAn OverviewTD Core AS&DM I18N Technology (AG)May 15, 2009 SAP 2009 / Page 21. ABAP Language Enhancements2. File Interfaces3. Communication via RFC4. Unicode Enabling ToolsAgenda SAP 2009 / Page 3Planning: Unicode Enabling of Customer ABAPProgramsUnicode Enabling must be performed before the Unicode conversion in the Non- Unicode system via transaction UCCHECK (available as of SAP Web AS ).In UCCHECK a clear distinction between character and byte processing in Unicode : Same ABAP source in Unicode and in non- Unicode systemABAPsourceABAPsourceNon-UnicodeSAP R/3UnicodeSAP R/3 1 character = 2 bytes (UTF-16),(types C, N, D, T, STRING) Unicode kernel Unicode database 1 character = 1 byte (types C, N,D, T, STRING) Non- Unicode kernel No

Unicode Enabling must be performed before the Unicode conversion in the Non- Unicode system via transaction UCCHECK (available as of SAP Web AS 6.20). In UCCHECK a clear distinction between character and byte processing in Unicode is

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