Non English string ?
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From: Mike Williams on 15 Feb 2010 17:39 "Phil Hunt" <aaa(a)aaa.com> wrote in message news:Og$QkkorKHA.732(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Thanks to all who replied. After reading all the posts, I think > I should stick with "0 - 127 is english assumption". It is safer > in the context of this issue I have. Actually that's not a valid assumption. It is possible to have non-English text that contains only characters in that range, and it is actually quite common to have English text that contains characters outside it, such as the pound sign (�) for example. Mike
From: Phil Hunt on 15 Feb 2010 17:48 Actually my problem is quite the opposite, I have a printer that print english well in native font. Printing mixed language is possible with true front but very slow. My objective is not to mix them up. text to start with and "Mike Williams" <Mike(a)WhiskyAndCoke.com> wrote in message news:%23NJz2%23orKHA.5356(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "Phil Hunt" <aaa(a)aaa.com> wrote in message > news:Og$QkkorKHA.732(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > >> Thanks to all who replied. After reading all the posts, I think >> I should stick with "0 - 127 is english assumption". It is safer >> in the context of this issue I have. > > Actually that's not a valid assumption. It is possible to have non-English > text that contains only characters in that range, and it is actually quite > common to have English text that contains characters outside it, such as > the pound sign (�) for example. > > Mike > > >
From: Helmut Meukel on 16 Feb 2010 04:16 "Phil Hunt" <aaa(a)aaa.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:uV%23kGEprKHA.4652(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Actually my problem is quite the opposite, I have a printer that print english > well in native font. Printing mixed language is possible with true front but > very slow. My objective is not to mix them up. > Hmm, so you want to use the built-in printer font for speed. Then you have the problem of codes representing different characters in the fonts used to create the texts and your built-in printer font, isn't it? How about printing a table with the codes and the corresponding Character of this font (probably there is one already in the printer docs). Then use CharMap.exe to check the Truetype fonts and codepages probably used in creating the texts against your printed table. Depending on your situation this may be only a few. Cross out all which are different. You'll finally have a list of codes with the same character representation in all fonts and codepages you checked. Store this list in an array, check the text to print against this array of codes and select the printer font accordingly. HTH. Helmut.
From: Nobody on 16 Feb 2010 07:36 "Phil Hunt" <aaa(a)aaa.com> wrote in message news:uV%23kGEprKHA.4652(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Actually my problem is quite the opposite, I have a printer that print > english well in native font. Printing mixed language is possible with true > front but very slow. My objective is not to mix them up. To tell the range of Unicode characters that a specific font supports, you can call GetFontUnicodeRanges(). However, this works with the fonts installed on the system, not the printer. Some fonts have Unicode in the name, but they don't implement all Unicode characters. Search the news groups for "vb GetFontUnicodeRanges" for samples.
From: Karl E. Peterson on 16 Feb 2010 20:58
Phil Hunt wrote: > What is the best way to determine if a string contains "non Eglish" character > ? Define "English", test for your definition. -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org |