Hi, I have DataEase 4.53 installed on Windows 7 32 bit. This works fine after some adjustments. But I need ÆØÅ in print. DataEase not write ÆØÅ. how can I achieve this? 

Is the problem that DataEase itself won't allow/show ÆØÅ in forms or is the problem that it won't come out correctly on a printer?

Hi, this applies both when I write in DataEase and when I print. When I type in Windows itself so I write æøå and the printer in Windows æøå

Then it is the standard DOS problem.

DFD use ASCII character set which is an 8 bit character set.

In DOS the majority of the upper 128 was graphical characters -borders etc, so you had "millions" of different ASCII character sets for different languages.

The Norwegian one is 865

So what you need to do is to configure your Command Prompt run ASCII 865.

You can try to use CHCP before starting DFD.

CHCP 865 

Should change the codepage for your DOS window to 865.

It for some reason this doesn't work you can try the old fashion way.

mode con codepage select=865

As we don't have a Windows 7 32 bit environment to test on we can't test ourselves, but we will cross our fingers.

If your DFD is NOT a Norwegian version you might experience problems with the sort order of these characters too.

no. no, tried and tested but is not working. 

DataEase writes æøå in windows. but not in DataEase.

In Dataease it is this  

æ = '      ø = ;      å = [    

 Æ= "     Ø= :      Å= {

It is not a DataEase problem as such but a DOS problem.

Do you get ÆØÅ in DOS when you type it 

C:\ÆØÅ

If you get ÆØÅ in DOS you will get it in DataEase too.

The problem is your keyboard setting in DOS, which need to use the correct 8 bit character set. What you get in Windows is irrelevant as it use a much more modern character set which is 16 bit so all necessary characters is included.

yes i get æøå in cmd (DOS).

 Microsoft Windows [Versjon 6.1.7601]

Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Med enerett.

C:\Users\nils>æøå

but not in dataease.

yes i get æøå in cmd (DOS).

 Microsoft Windows [Versjon 6.1.7601]

Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Med enerett.

C:\Users\nils>æøå

but not in dataease.

yes i get æøå in cmd (DOS).

 Microsoft Windows [Versjon 6.1.7601]

Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Med enerett.

C:\Users\nils>æøå

but not in dataease.

I use the utility sprinter to solve my problem reports, with it I ended up with special characters problems with the DOS DataEase Portuguese

: http://www.dsbglobal.com/dosprinter/

The problem is still the 8-bit character set in your DOS window.

Windows operate with a 16 and 8 bit character set. Default is 16 and the DOS window itself support 16 but DataEase does not so you need to configure the code page/character set to match. - 865

Sadly we don't have any Windows 7 x32 machines to test on but if there is anyone out there that has and use DataEase for DOS please help out.