Encoding issue related to compilation in container (NAV 2018)

[RomashkovOleg]

Hi,

I'm making CI/CD for some legacy NAV 2018 project which uses a lot of local language code/text values and met strange issue related to compilation in container.

Repros

1. Make a container

$ContainerName = "cronus-2018"
$artifactUrl = Get-BCArtifactUrl -type OnPrem -version 11
$password = '123'
$securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $password -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object pscredential 'admin', $securePassword

$parameters = @{
    "accept_eula"               = $true
    "ContainerName"             = $ContainerName
    "artifactUrl"               = $artifactUrl
    "auth"                      = "NavUserPassword"
    "Credential"                = $credential
    "updateHosts"               = $true
    "doNotCheckHealth"          = $true
    "EnableTaskScheduler"       = $false
    "Isolation"                 = "hyperv"
    "MemoryLimit"               = "8G"
    }
New-NavContainer @parameters `
    -includeCSide `
    -doNotExportObjectsToText

2. Prepare simple test codeunit, which uses local language text. Save it in text format:
   EncodingIssueDemo.txt

OBJECT Codeunit 50000 Encoding Issue Demo
{
  OBJECT-PROPERTIES
  {
    Date=;
    Time=;
    Version List=Test;
  }
  PROPERTIES
  {
    Subtype=Test;
    OnRun=BEGIN
          END;

  }
  CODE
  {

    [Test]
    PROCEDURE LocalLanguageErrorSample@1170000002();
    VAR
      GLSetup@1170000000 : Record 98;
    BEGIN
      // Some local language comment:
      // пример комментария

      // Sample of local language error
      ERROR('Ошибка');
    END;

    BEGIN
    END.
  }
}

How it looks in development environment:

How initial test result looks in test tool interface:

So far so good.

3. Run script to import and compile this object in container:

Import-ObjectsToNavContainer -containerName cronus-2018 -objectsFile "C:\Temp\EncodingIssueDemo.txt"
Compile-ObjectsInNavContainer -containerName cronus-2018 -filter "Type=Codeunit;ID=50000"

4. Run test tool and execute test:

Same step with debugger:

Result: local language text values spoiled.

5. Now go to DevEnv and recompile object manually. After that everything looks as expected (both C/AL code and test result)

In the repository I store objects in UTF8 encoding, so I tried to repeat steps 3-4 with incorrectly encoded file.
EncodingIssueDemo_UTF8.txt

To my surprise I got expected test result!

But code in DevEnv is spoiled:

And after manual compilation test result is spoiled too:

Additional context
I tried container with RU system locale, which was made with process isolation. Also I used parameters -locale and - setServiceTierUserLocale for New-NavContainer and -country ru for atifacts. Same result again.

I suppose, that problem is related to compilation in container. I tried to do the same with "finsql.exe command=compileobjects…" but got same result.

I understand that this is obsoleted NAV version and it is not supported any more. But maybe you see the step I missed or you know some trick which could help resolve this?

Thanks!

[freddydk]

I won't have time to look at stuff like this for any foreseeable future.
if anybody else have seen this before and have a fix or a workaround, please come forward.

Else, you are more than welcome to troubleshoot and create a PR on BcContainerHelper with a fix if you manage to find it.

[RomashkovOleg]

I won't have time to look at stuff like this for any foreseeable future. if anybody else have seen this before and have a fix or a workaround, please come forward.

Else, you are more than welcome to troubleshoot and create a PR on BcContainerHelper with a fix if you manage to find it.

Got it. Thanks!