Omron CX-SUPERVISOR - V2.0, User Manual

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CHAPTER 13 – Multilingual Features OMRON
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5. Add all the Input Locales required and set the preferred default. These affect how the
keyboard is mapped for typing letters and can be changed as CX-Supervisor is running by
the box in the task bar
6. OK all dialogs and install new OS files from CD if requested. Reboot if required
Note: If some extended characters in standard Windows controls (like listboxes, editboxes etc)
appear as solid boxes it may be necessary to select the required language on the Advanced tab for
Language for non-Unicode programs. Microsoft does not document the reason for this.
Note: In some circumstances (like Russian or Greek support) it has been noted “Install files for
complex script” needs to be selected on the Languages tab. Microsoft does not document the reason
for this.
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 language support is reasonable. It is possible to install language support for multiple
languages, multiple character sets and fonts, multiple keyboard layouts for input and to switch
between them. To achieve this, follow these steps:
1. Start Windows in the normal way
2. Open Control Panel and select Regional Options
3. The Numbers , Currency , Time and Date tabs settings do not affect the language support,
but can be set as required
4. On the General tab, select ALL the languages that may be required in the Language
settings for the system section
Note: If some extended characters in standard Windows controls (like listboxes,
editboxes etc) appear as solid boxes it may be necessary to change the default System
Locale. Click the
Set Default… button and select the required language.
Note: In some circumstances (like Russian or Greek support) it has been noted “Thai”
language also needs to be selected. Microsoft does not document the reason for this.
5. Add all the required languages in the Input Locales tab and set the preferred default. These
affect how the keyboard is mapped for typing letters and can be changed as CX-Supervisor
is running by the box in the task bar
6. OK all dialogs and install new OS files from CD if requested. Reboot if required
Loading old projects
Projects and pages created in CX-Supervisor 1.25 and earlier use Microsoft’s Double Byte Character
Sets (known as DBCS, or sometimes MBCS) for multilingual features. The formatting of character
tables in MBCS is
not the same as Unicode. However, old projects and pages are automatically
converted to Unicode when they are loaded, and will then be saved in Unicode. This works without
problem if the project is English, or contains no extended characters. However there can be problems
converting old MBCS that use extended German, Spanish, Finnish and especially MBCS Russian
characters. Follow this section to load and convert these types of projects properly.