I am using the European VIES API to check the VAT number of European customers.

I send the country and vat number and get back a response.

All works well except for the main country that I need and that is Greece which returns the result in Greek.

But PB doesn't seem to understand Greek.

lnv_HttpClient.GetResponseBody(ls_response) returns: �

If I activate Fiddler and try again powerbuilder works correctly:

lnv_HttpClient.GetResponseBody(ls_response) returns:-<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><env:Header/><env:Body><ns2:checkVatResponse xmlns:ns2="urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types"><ns2:countryCode>EL</ns2:countryCode><ns2:vatNumber>094186625</ns2:vatNumber><ns2:requestDate>2022-10-19+02:00</ns2:requestDate><ns2:valid>true</ns2:valid><ns2:name>AFEA ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΤΟΥΡΙΣΤΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΞΕΝΟΔΟΧΕΙΑΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ||AFEA TRAVEL AND TOURISM</ns2:name><ns2:address>ΛΥΚΑΒΗΤΤΟΥ 39        10672 - ΑΘΗΝΑ</ns2:address></ns2:checkVatResponse></env:Body></env:Envelope>

If the result is in English then no problem.

I have tried changing the computer Locale to Greek but that did not help.

Postman also returns correct data.

We are using pb2017 - has there been a change since then ?

below is the code.

Long ll_timeout = 15
string ls_user 
string ls_password 
string ls_header
string ls_mime
string ls_ReturnJson
string ls_request
string ls_response
long ll_length
string ls_url
string ls_host
string ls_vies_code
string cr = '~r~n'
SELECT "t017_nationality_codes"."c_vies_code"  
INTO :ls_vies_code  
FROM "t017_nationality_codes"  
WHERE "t017_nationality_codes"."nationality_code" = :as_country  ;

ls_url = "http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/services/checkVatService"
ls_xml = "<s:Envelope xmlns:s='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'><s:Body><checkVat xmlns='urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types'>"
ls_xml += "<countryCode>" + ls_vies_code + "</countryCode>"
ls_xml += "<vatNumber>" + as_vatnumber + "</vatNumber></checkVat></s:Body></s:Envelope>"
ll_length = len(ls_xml)
li_rc = lnv_HttpClient.SetRequestHeader("Cache-Control", "no_cache")
li_rc = lnv_HttpClient.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml")
li_rc = lnv_HttpClient.SetRequestHeader("Content-Length", string(ll_length))
li_rc = lnv_HttpClient.SetRequestHeader("Connection", 'keep-alive')
li_rc = lnv_HttpClient.SetRequestHeader("Accept", '*/*')
li_rc = lnv_HttpClient.SetRequestHeader("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, deflate, br")
li_rc = lnv_HttpClient.SetRequestHeader("host", 'ec.europa.eu')
lnv_HttpClient.Timeout = ll_timeout
long ll_tries
string ls_return_text
ll_tries = 0
li_rc = lnv_HttpClient.SendRequest( "POST", ls_url, ls_xml)
ls_return_text = ''

IF li_rc<0 THEN
	if li_rc = -1 then
		ls_return_text = '-1  General Error returned'
	elseif li_rc = -2 then 
		ls_return_text = '-2  Invalid URL'
	elseif li_rc = -3 then
		ls_return_text =  '-3  Cannot connect to the  api'
	elseif li_rc = -4 then
		ls_return_text = '-4   API Timed Out!'
	else 
		ls_return_text = string(li_rc) +    ' Unspecified Error'
	end if
end if
int li_StatusCode = 0
string ls_StatusText = ''
li_StatusCode = lnv_HttpClient.GetResponseStatusCode()
ls_StatusText = lnv_HttpClient.GetResponseStatusText()
ls_StatusText = string(li_StatusCode) + ' - ' + ls_StatusText
lnv_HttpClient.GetResponseBody(ls_response)