Re: Foreign Language Support

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Thanks for your comments. The following code:
List1.AddItem ChrW(&H409) & ChrW(&H40A)
still produces only "??".

Word 2003, Arial font, Visual Basic 6.

"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

> Well, you didn't say anything about where you were getting the text from so
> I guessed. When I select a Word in Cyrillic script here (Word 2003) and add
> it to a Listbox using the code I provided, it works just fine, which
> suggested you might be doing something different.
>
> So...
>
> Which version of Word are you using?
>
> Is your Russian text in a regular font such as Times New Roman, or a
> specialised Cyrillic font?
>
> Can the font you're using in your Listbox display Cyrillic characters (here,
> I'm just using the default font).
>
> Does the other example I provided with the ChrW functions in it work or not?
>
> Peter Jamieson
>
> "George Lee" <GeorgeLee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:21419405-873C-46FA-8B03-A46E1BA43A9A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Then I don't understand your question. The Russian is already in the
> > document
> > and it may be a significant amount. When I get ranges that include Russian
> > characters, they show up as "?"s in the List or ListView.
> > Are you saying I have to manually convert each character? The time needed
> > to
> > do that may be worse than the first problem.
> > Alternately, can the language of the List or ListView be changed?
> >
> > "Peter Jamieson" wrote:
> >
> >> As an experiment, if you enterone of the Words you want in your document,
> >> select it, then use e.g.
> >>
> >> myForm.myListBox.AddItem Selection.Text
> >>
> >> does the text display correctly?
> >>
> >> If you are trying to use literals within your VBA code, I think you will
> >> need to spell the words out using ChrW functions, e.g.
> >>
> >> myForm.myListBox.AddItem ChrW(&H409) & ChrW(&H40A)
> >>
> >> etc.
> >>
> >> Peter Jamieson
> >>
> >>
> >> "George Lee" <GeorgeLee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:3DC80529-A8DA-4C80-B30C-35C1EB5B240E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > I'd like to add American and Russian words to a List or ListView
> >> > control.
> >> > By
> >> > default, Cyrillic characters show up as question marks.
> >> >
> >> > How is this done?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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