Ian Bell
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Why does VFP ver9 have language Seq Problem
When I run certain programs in FoxPro version 9 on my laptop using Windows 7 OS I get an error message saying "Collating sequence 'Japanese' is not found"
I have changed all the language settings including keyboard and tried all combinations of language settings but still the problem persists. Is this a problem inherant with compatability of VFP on Windows 7.? If so why would Microsoft not fix it considering they own both products.
Or am I missing something?
Look forward to your kind help.
I have changed all the language settings including keyboard and tried all combinations of language settings but still the problem persists. Is this a problem inherant with compatability of VFP on Windows 7.? If so why would Microsoft not fix it considering they own both products.
Or am I missing something?
Look forward to your kind help.
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Can you please explain where you have Japanese data? Maybe we can help you further.
I for one import them from Excel files (Unicode) and store them in memo fields inside FoxPro and I can display them on any windows or office document as Unicode.
FoxPro does not handle Unicode. You need to convert them from one format to another in order to manipulate them. Some of my users type in Arabic so I have put and Microsoft RTF control for them which uses Microsoft Word to convert the string to Unicode from RTF Format. Once in Unicode, I can export to Word, Excel and PowerPoint and even Internet Explorer without the system needing to be in Arabic. It can be just regular US-English with the code-page of Arabic installed.
I for one import them from Excel files (Unicode) and store them in memo fields inside FoxPro and I can display them on any windows or office document as Unicode.
FoxPro does not handle Unicode. You need to convert them from one format to another in order to manipulate them. Some of my users type in Arabic so I have put and Microsoft RTF control for them which uses Microsoft Word to convert the string to Unicode from RTF Format. Once in Unicode, I can export to Word, Excel and PowerPoint and even Internet Explorer without the system needing to be in Arabic. It can be just regular US-English with the code-page of Arabic installed.
The Japanese language for non-Unicode programs seting works in English Windows w/o any problem. FoxPro then starts with CP 934 and Japanese characters are stored in two bytes (as double byte characters). DBF table must have Japanese CP stored in its heading, of course.
No need to install Japanese Windows.
No need to install Japanese Windows.
To process Unicode is also possible as stated by Captain but it requires some additional programming whereas double byte support is native for VFP.
It depends on your VFP applications what approach to use in this case.
Unicode is the only future, of course.
It depends on your VFP applications what approach to use in this case.
Unicode is the only future, of course.
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Thanks guys for your assistance
However there appears to be a comapability issue. My programmer has tried everything including your kind suggestions all to no avail. Furthermore he did find an article on the net confirming Japanese written programs often don:t work when using Windows 7 and VFP ver 9
Thanks again.
Ian
However there appears to be a comapability issue. My programmer has tried everything including your kind suggestions all to no avail. Furthermore he did find an article on the net confirming Japanese written programs often don:t work when using Windows 7 and VFP ver 9
Thanks again.
Ian
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Thanks for your help but somehow it has proved a tricky problem todate.
I'll keep you posted on outcome
Ian