Re: International String and Font Issue in Windows 2000......

From:

cmgray74@gmail.com

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

13 Sep 2006 13:27:16 -0700

Message-ID:

<1158179236.307374.95370@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

Joe,
I am trying to load in the languages that are supported by the OS.
(Installed ones)

I am trying to load into a combobox the language name in its native
form.

the code that is involved is;

void CUserDlg::OnDropdownCombo1()
{
    m_theLanguageCombo.ResetContent();//Clear the Combo Box

    theApp.m_LanguageSupport.GetAvailableLanguages(); //Get Available
Languages

    for (int i=0; i<theApp.m_LanguageSupport.m_aLanguages.GetSize(); i++)
    {
                //Add String to Combo Box
    m_theLanguageCombo.AddString(theApp.m_LanguageSupport.GetLanguageName(theApp.m_LanguageSupport.m_aLanguages[i]));
                }
    //Select ComboBox String
    m_theLanguageCombo.SelectString(-
1,theApp.m_LanguageSupport.GetLanguageName(theApp.m_LanguageSupport.m_nCurrentLanguage));

}

In my test case two languages selections are involved (Chinese(PRC) and
English). While Debugging (Messageboxs) both Strings are Correct.
English and Chinese(PRC)) (Chinese (PRC) in its native Form).

As a US English User (English Resources Loaded) I select the Drop down
arrow on the combo box and the English string appears but the Chinese
(PRC) comes up as Blocks. As a Chinese (PRC) user both the English
String and the Chinese(PRC) string (native Form) appears properly.

Am I doing something wrong in the above code?
or am I missing something simple I have not thought all the way thru?

Also I know this must be possible because in the Regional Settings in
Control Panel on a Windows 2000 box with MUI loaded I am able to see in
the Menus And Dialogs combobox the desired result.

Any ideas?

Thank for the help!

Chris
MS Alumni

Joseph M. Newcomer wrote:

Unfortunately, MS Arial Unicode doesn't support all the Unicode code points. What values
are you interested in particularly? Browsing this font with Character Map may give you
information about whether or not your font is supported.

You may need to allow user font selection.
joe

On 8 Sep 2006 21:38:48 -0700, cmgray74@gmail.com wrote:

All,
I have ran into a problem I am not quite sure how to address.

I have an international application (UniCode) that is a MFC C++
Application compiled in VS2003.

It loads its resources (dialogs,strings,etc) from individual language
dlls (a satellite dll model).

I have a dialog that loads a combo box with the languages that are
available based on the file version info from the dll files.

These language ids are then used with GetLocaleInfo to try and get the
LOCALE_SNATIVELANGNAME or the LOCALE_SLANGUAGE representation of the
language name.

Please note this code is very similar to Sergo's Language Support class
(specifically the Function GetLanguageName).

Anyways, all the above works brings back what I expect in a string. I
have confirmed this with a messagebox before adding it to the Combobox
control.

My problem is that in Windows 2000 it gives me the darken square box
font error for the native string. The String in question is
specifically the Chinese (PRC) language representation in its Native
form (Chinese). In Windows Xp and Windows 2003 it functions properly.

I changed the dialog's font to be SimSun, to confirm in my mind that it
is a font issue, and it displayed properly. My concern is this drop
down could "possibly" have to display all languages at some time or
another. So what is the best font to use for this. I have tried Arial
Unicode and it gives me the the same font error boxes in Windows 2000.

Is this possible?

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Chris
MS Alumni

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