Re: vb6 app that won't run on japanese windows

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John,
One thing I have had trouble with, is when people use a pen for input,
instead of typing: Depending on their settings, characters like "(" are not
what you expect, i.e. not Chr(40), but something >255.

Also paths with "foreign" characters cause problems.
Folders like "Desktop" and "Start Menu" are localised, although strangely
"My Documents" is not.

Sounds like you would need to ship your Japanese user a debug version of
your app with more error logging in the start up to get a better idea of the
problem.

NickHK

P.S. If you wish, you could send me a copy of the basic start up code, in a
..vbp and I see if the problem has a generic Asian language cause. I do not
have Japanese Windows, so I can't help with that.


"john dekker" <jdekker1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23vCZE4DDGHA.1028@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> vb functions only
>
> the usual, left, right, mid, instr, instrrev, trim, ucase, etc
>
> jd
> "NickHK" <TungCheWah@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uc3BL5CDGHA.1088@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > John & Frank,
> > I'm no internationalisation expert, and it's not that I any specific
> > tricks,
> > as most of my apps are relatively small and simple, but in principle
> > English
> > VB6 run.
> > Fonts sometimes look weird and sorting can be a problem.
> >
> > What kind of string manipulation are you doing ? With VB's functions or
> > API
> > ?
> >
> > NickHK
> >
> > "john dekker" <jdekker1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:uAxvhoCDGHA.628@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> he double clicks, and instead of a splash screen which occurs during
> > initial
> >> form load, nothing happens. the .exe shows up in task manager and then
> >> disappears from task manager
> >>
> >> a new problem appeared from a korean user, using korean windows xp. he
> >> managed to get my app to work by:
> >>
> >> Thank you. problem solved.
> >> i have set my non-unicode language to "English",
> >> then RC4 works fine.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> the japanese folks say they will break other apps of theirs if they do
> >> the
> >> same thing.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> is there a way i can set "english" within my program as opposed to
their
> >> non-unicode language default setting?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> jd
> >>
> >> "NickHK" <TungCheWah@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:egJ50oBDGHA.3140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > John,
> >> > I write VB6 apps compiled on English systems that work fine on
Chinese
> >> > (Traditional and Simplified) W98 and W2K.
> >> > So only saying that your app "does not work" is not much help to
> >> > anyone.
> >> > Unless you can give us a clue, I suggest you tell the user that
> >> > Japanese
> >> > Windows is not supported.
> >> >
> >> > NickHK
> >> >
> >> > "john dekker" <jdekker1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> > news:%23BoR7W9CGHA.4080@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> what other details can i share, to make this japanese xp, and now
> > korean
> >> > xp
> >> >> problem go away.
> >> >>
> >> >> i'm desperate, so any help you can provide, or direction, or msdn
> >> >> article,
> >> >> or technet article would be appreciated.
> >> >>
> >> >> jd
> >> >> "Ray Mercer" <raymer@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> >> news:eGbqm$1CGHA.3980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "john dekker" <jdekker1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> >> > news:usmTCRkCGHA.3876@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> >> what do i have to do to my vb6 app, to make it work on foreign
> >> >> >> versions
> >> >> >> of the OS? i have an .exe that works on 99.99% of the machines it
> >> >> >> is
> >> >> >> installed on.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > VB6 english apps run fine on Japanese windows. If you don't
provide
> > any
> >> >> > more details no one can help you. Welcome to the most important
part
> > of
> >> >> > programming - the world of debugging.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > HTH,
> >> >> > Ray Mercer
> >> >> > Yokohama, Japan
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>


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