You should use character/binary fields to avoid code page translations.

>I using Cipher.FLL to encode string.
>I using next simple code for example
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>SCATTER NAME loData MEMO BLANK
> loData.Field = ENCRYPT(string,password)
>APPEND BLANK
>GATHER NAME loData MEMO
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>?ENCRYPT(field,password)  &&- return bad string, with unknown characters
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>Then another way
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>SCATTER NAME loData MEMO BLANK
> loData.Field = ENCRYPT(string,password)
>APPEND BLANK
>AMEMBERS(laMbr,loData)
>FOR lni=1 TO ALEN(laMbr,1)
>  lcPropName = laMbr[lni]
>  REPLACE &lcPropName WITH loData.&lcPropName
>ENDFOR
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>?ENCRYPT(field,password) &&- return correct value
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>Question: Is it well know bug when GATHER NAME wrong play with codepage when update field?
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