how to implement regional font in VB 6.0 ?
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:eek: hi happy new year to all i am from india, i want to programm an application in VB 6.0 to implement a regional font. is this possible , if so how can i do it ? i mean if i set the font for a text box to that font will it take the same letters as expected ? and i want to generate the reports in the same font also... pls. any one help me Mohan G
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:eek: hi happy new year to all i am from india, i want to programm an application in VB 6.0 to implement a regional font. is this possible , if so how can i do it ? i mean if i set the font for a text box to that font will it take the same letters as expected ? and i want to generate the reports in the same font also... pls. any one help me Mohan G
This doesn't make any sense to me. Do you want to create a new font? Or do you want to use fonts that have the same character sets? Or are you talking about typing chracters in a text box in the local language? In any case - I think what your getting at is "localization". For more information on localization and VB6, you might want to start here[^]. RageInTheMachine9532
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This doesn't make any sense to me. Do you want to create a new font? Or do you want to use fonts that have the same character sets? Or are you talking about typing chracters in a text box in the local language? In any case - I think what your getting at is "localization". For more information on localization and VB6, you might want to start here[^]. RageInTheMachine9532
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hi rage thanx for your reply. yes i am "talking about typing chracters in a text box (or in any editable intrinsic control) in the local language?. is this possible ? can you show me a way out here please ? Mohan G
OK. Now your definately talking about localization, not to mention depending on the keyboard the user is using. If your going to be accepting input in German or Arabic, it's best to use a German or Arabic keyboard. You can change the font to something that supports the language your using, but no font supports every character of every language your using. You can change the input language and font using the "Regional and Language Options" control panel in Windows 2000/XP. But your app is also going to have to be designed to handle such a situation. How to do this is covered in the topic of "International Issues" in the VB6 documentation, here[^]. It also includes an example application that demonstrates how to resolve the issues of localization and accepting input in different languages. RageInTheMachine9532