Javelin version 2.0.800.37 Do the file actions automatically create Ascii files even if the file read is UTF-8

Products

• CA Test Data Manager (Data Finder / Grid Tools)

Issue/Introduction

I have a Javelin flow where I read in an exported Unicode text file from excel which is tab-delimited.
I put it through this workflow to fix some lines that wrapped around (those not starting with a number).
The Javelin completes with the number of rows reduced just a bit (in my use case 194 rows needed combining.
I am getting the expected number of lines in the output file, but the file is size is much smaller  201,573KB and the original is 403,330KB

Environment

TDM Portal 4.9.X
CA Test Data Manager
Javelin version 2.0.800.37

Cause

NA

Resolution

The write operation for flat files is hardcoded and the default is:
UTF8NoBOM