Description

For some Windows Machines, Java does not have default UTF-8 encoding. This is necessary when generating data with special characters (Swedish characters, Japanese characters, etc.). The steps in this article can be used to set Java's character encoding to UTF-8 manually.

Step 1: Add New System Variable

A new system variable will need to be added to the user's Window machine. 

• Enter "environment variables" in the search.
  
  
  
  
• Select "Edit the system environment variables" in the results.
  
  
  
• Click on Environment Variables.
  
  
  
  
• Next, click on the New... button to add a new system variable.
  
  
  
  
• Enter the following information for the new system variable and then click OK:
  
  Variable Name: JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS
  Variable Value: -Dfile.encoding=UTF8
  
  
  
  
  
• Click OK to finish saving the change.
  
  
  
  
• Click OK to exit the System Properties window.
  
  

Step 2: Open a New Terminal Window

• Open a new Terminal window.
  
  
  
  
• Set the path to match the resource.home.directory path value in the GenRocket web platform.
  
  

Step 3: Run the Scenario

• Run the Scenario at the command line using the genrocket -r command.
  
  
  

Step 4: Open the Output File in an Editor such as Notepad++

The example below contains address information for Saudi Arabia: