DOCUMENT:Q253125 10-NOV-2000 [foxpro] TITLE :RTF Control Can Be Used for Multilanguage Support in FoxPro PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a,6.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbfile kbsample kbActiveX kbvfp500a kbvfp600 kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= Multlang.exe is a sample that shows how a subclassed Rich Text Format (RTF) control can be used to support languages that Microsoft Visual FoxPro does not display correctly. MORE INFORMATION ================ The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center: MultLang.exe (http://download.microsoft.com/download/vfox60/sample/8/w9x2k/en-us/multlang.exe) Release Date: Mar-20-2000 For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of posting to scan this file for viruses. Once posted, the file is housed on secure servers that prevent any unauthorized changes to the file. CAUTION: You must have multilanguage support enabled to run this sample form effectively. For more information on enabling multilanguage support, please see the "References" section. The sample form demonstrates how a subclassed RTF control can be used to correctly display languages that Visual FoxPro controls cannot display correctly. For more information on languages not displayed correctly in Visual FoxPro, see the "References" section. To demonstrate the solution, run the form and follow these steps: 1. Set both the cKeyboardLayout control and the cDefaultLayout control to one of the languages that FoxPro cannot display correctly (such as Greek). To set the cKeyboardLayout control, left-click a language in the list box. To set the cDefaultLayout control, right-click a language in the list box. The list box on the right side of the form shows which languages are enabled by highlighting them in the color blue. 2. Next, type some text (such as "abc" (without the quotation marks)) in the box labeled VFP Textbox. 3. Type the same text in the RTF control. Note that only the RTF control displays the text correctly. 4. This can be confirmed by opening Microsoft Word and copying the text from the VFP Textbox to Word. This displays the text correctly. The subclassed RTF has the following custom properties: - cKeyboardLayout - Keyboard language switched on entry of the RTF control. - cDefaultLayout - Keyboard language switched to when exiting RTF control. - cOldLayout - (used internally) Stores Keyboard layout on entry before being switched to cKeyboardLayout. - nCheckState - How often cKeyboardLayout is checked against the list of enabled languages (aLayoutStack): 0 = Never check. 1 = Check against the list created during control initialization. 2 = Check against a list generated on entry of RTF control. Typically, the more control you have over what languages are installed, the lower you would set this number. - aLayoutStack - Array containing the enabled languages. REFERENCES ========== For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q141306 How to Enable Support for Multiple Languages in Windows Q167675 BUG: Certain Non-US Characters Do Not Display Properly in VFP Additional query words: multlang ====================================================================== Keywords : kbfile kbsample kbActiveX kbvfp500a kbvfp600 kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport Technology : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP500 kbVFP600 kbVFP500a Version : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a,6.0 Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.