Trial LegEasy4DOS correct codepage for Norwegian
Trial LegEasy4DOS correct codepage for Norwegian
CodePage 865, using a Norwegian DE4,5, is almost right -- except for Norwegian/Danish øØ, which appear as cent/yen in records from the existing database and box-drawing characters when input from the keyboard.
I remember this (at least the cent/yen part) as a problem -- possibly solved by the country.sys setting (which doesn't seem to be modifyable in LegEasy)? Does anyone have settings that work?
Re:Trial LegEasy4DOS correct codepage for Norwegian
Hi.
Could you upload a sample application that has the problem as you remember correctly.
This is a pain ...
The problem is that national characters will work in LegEasy4DOS out of the box, but in a different way that it used to and there was several ways to get it correct back then.
You could get it correct with 865 and 850 and there was tools to fool it etc.
The problem in you app is most likely that old Øø is showing wrongly and new ones maybe correctly?
This is obviously no good so we need to configure it so the new one work as your old one and both showing Øø instead of Yen and Cent.
This is why we need a sample so we can check it as it work here but obviously not on your app.
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Thanks for your reply.
Is the attachment here OK? A simple table made in DE on an old XP machine with the Norwegian alphabet in upper and lower case in text fields. This shows completely correctly/as entered on the xp machine, but with cent/yen instead of øØ when the same database is copied and run under LegEasy4Dos on a windows 10 machine. Note that this is not just database *content* -- øØ in the screen texts are also wrong (the official Norwegian version of the programme). Let me know if you need a more substantial example.
You also write: "The problem in you app is most likely that old Øø is showing wrongly and new ones maybe correctly?". Unfortunately not: new øØ's input in LegEasy show as character 248 (raised o = degree sign?) and a frame drawing character (I can't remember which one and don't have the test machine available until this evening, but I gave it in an e-mail yesterday evening).
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Hi.
We need the full Database as the problem can be in configuration etc.
Just create a small app on the "vintage" setup and make sure you have the problem.
The zip down the app and upload it. Include what version of Dataease you use (screenshot of login screen would be grand)
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Here's a small complete database -- shows exactly the same behaviour (cent and yen for input on xp shown in Legeasy, and incorrect characters when input in Legeasy). There's a screenshot. Hope you're able to locate the problem and fix this. Thanks for your help.
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LegEasy4DOS use the Windows Keyboard handling and then convert it to the appropriate 8bit character.
Above is what I see on my computer when opening your app.
I am not sure this is what you saw as it is not yen and cent.
You see that your old stuff is correct and your new isn't.
When keying in on my computer it is correct when I use NOB (Norwegian Keyboard).
So the problem is the configuration of keyboard on your computer.
Keyboard handling back in the day was a pain in the... and so is the configuration of it today.
Due to the limitations in characters different countries used the same entries for different letters so it will only display correctly if you have the correct page. On top of that the next step was to make one page for may countries which meant moving them to a different location in the set (replacing grapical characters) which is why you get frames and stuff (or I do when I view it). So the problem for you is that you are one stage to late in the evolution so to speak ;-)
Your original is ASCII and you are currently storing ANSI.
So by going back to ASCIi (865) you should be fine.
My guess is that it is related to the system locale setting which is how Windows deal with software that is not Unicode compliant.
Yes - I know ...
Including image of my settings above that works.
Rest assured you will get it right in the end but it might be some trial and error...just like in the old days...he,he.
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Thanks -- very obviously the locale settings on the host OS, which were English language with Norwegian keyboard and other settings. I was unable to make it work by modifying anything (this is my first use of Win10, so I may have missed something), so I just reinstalled Windows, making sure everything was Norwegian from top to toe. It worked, so this would be my recommendation if anyone has similar problems.
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And Thanks to you for this.
It is almost funny this because it bring me back to the 80ies as these problems where an every day occurrence.
It is enough that one of the many layers go wrong and you get an adverse result.
Merry Xmas!