Kbase P77497: Alt-0187 does not return chevron character in Chinese application
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
24/08/2004 |
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Status: Unverified
FACT(s) (Environment):
Windows NT 32 Intel/Windows 2000
FACT(s) (Environment):
Progress 9.x
SYMPTOM(s):
Alt-0187 does not return chevron character
simplified Chinese code page CP936 for client
returns "?"
from procedure editor
can see chevron character from notepad when typing alt-187
chevron is extended ASCII character encoded 187
chevron character does not exist in CP936 code page
chevron character is a valid character in any West Europe code pages
CAUSE:
Encoding 187 (BB) is not a valid character in Chinese and other double byte code pages. it is lead byte in these code pages. If the client code page is Chinese (cp936), it is expected behvior that it can not be displayed
FIX:
To make application multilingual, write conditional code to dynamically check code page at runtime and adopt appropriate actions.