Re: Will Multibyte app work for Chinese users?

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From: David Lowndes (davidl_at_example.invalid)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 00:06:35 +0000

Mike,

>I have an application which I built in vc 6.
>A Chinese user running Simplified Chinese Win2000 pro has reported
>that it fails on his sytem. I presume this is because I didn't write
>and compile with Unicode support.

No, if you've coded your application appropriately (not assumed single
byte characters where you shouldn't), the existing code should work on
a Chinese language (multi-byte) operating system.

>Now I've upgraded to VS.Net 2003, and am considering building a
>Unicode version of my app. However, I have noticed the multibyte
>option. Will multibyte compilation solve my problem with Chinese
>users?

The "multi-byte" option is what you'll have been using anyway if
you've not built with UNICODE and _UNICODE defined.

Dave 

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