Werk #3072: windows agent: agent can now handle utf-16 encoded output from plugins

Component	Checks & agents
Title	windows agent: agent can now handle utf-16 encoded output from plugins
Date	Feb 12, 2016
Level	Trivial Change
Class	Bug Fix
Compatibility	Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions	1.2.7i4 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.2.7i4 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.2.7i4 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.2.7i4 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.2.7i4 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.2.7i4 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.2.7i4 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.2.7i4 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.2.8b1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

utf-16 is the default unicode encoding used on windows and appears to be the only one supported as an output encoding for vbs scripts. Previously the agent would print an empty string instead of the utf-16 encoded output. For this to work the plugin/local check has to use a unicode-enabled stdout and print a utf-16 BOM, i.e.: Set objStdout = fso.GetStandardStream(1, True) objStdout.Write(chrW(&HFEFF))

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