Unicode with answer file and manipulating text fields

[Joel Rees]

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to implement double-byte support for an application I am 
> updating for a customer.  I have some things working with Unicode but 
> the majority I have not been able to figure out yet.  I'm hoping 
> someone can shed some light on this for me.
> 
> Setup:
> Mac OS X.2.6
> Input Menu under System Preferences >> International is set to U.S. and 
> Japanese.
> 
> Entering Text:
> I have two types of fields which display text.  The first lets the user 
> enter text using the keyboard.  If I switch between English and 
> Japanese this works fine.
> 
> The second type of field displays file names and paths of files that 
> the user selects from their hard drive.  It is seperated into two 
> columns.  When the user selects a file the name of the file is put in 
> column 1 and the path to the file is put into column 2.  The user 
> creates a list of files in this field.  The user can also edit the name 
> of the file in column 1.  Editing the file name is not a problem.
> 
> Problem:
> 
> The following code will display a path which looks like 
> "/Users/tdevore/desktop/JAPANESE_CHARACTERS" on the first line of the 
> field but will not work for multiple lines.  It places everything on 
> the first line or causes Rev to hang.  The code works fine without 
> unicode text.  tNextLine is the line that should be inserted into.
> 
> set textFont of line tNextLine of field "movieList" to ",Japanese"
> put uniEncode (tNewMovieName & tab & pMoviePath, "Japanese") into 
> tNewMovieName
> set unicodeText of line tNextLine of field "movieList" to tNewMovieName
> 
> I tried the above code using "utf8" rather than "Japanese" but japanese 
> characters did not display correctly.
> 
> Also, how do I get the proper encoding to use for a string which I get 
> from answer file?  My system is English but the string has Japanese 
> encoded characters and it appears it has to have the language setting 
> as Japanese when encoded?

How's your Japanese? You might want to ask this question on the 

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-- 
Joel Rees, programmer, Systems Group
Altech Corporation (Alpsgiken), Osaka, Japan
http://www.alpsgiken.co.jp
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