Unicode support
lazarus / 5-Lazarus Extra Components

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Goodman H__ · 2010-09-07 08:08

Greetings!

I am loving fp+lazarus.I wish all the components support unicode.I
tested many of them listed in the lazurs./components page but pity to
found a lot of them does not support unicode( Chinese font ,for
example).fpSpredSheet,PowerPDF,Orpheus,to name  a few.

Hope unicode support will be take in consideration when a new
component project starts.

Thanks.

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felipemdc · 2010-09-07 12:38

fpSpreadSheet has Unicode support. Why do you think that it doesn't
have?

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Goodman H__ · 2010-09-08 01:14

Quote from: felipemdc on September 07, 2010, 02:38:46 pmfpSpreadSheet
has Unicode support. Why do you think that it doesn't have?

Sorry for my bad,just found maybe there is another issued caused this
problem.In my copies ,one under xp and another under Win7,quite a few
of the components can not recognize Chinese font,incluing
TODBCconnection sets which I tested to connect to MS Access
database.All fields with a Chinese font value are in a mess(both read
from and write a new value).
Same case as fpSpreadSheet.I like it,since Excel is heavily used in
daily work and own favorite stuffs.But I encounted that interacting
with a worksheet which contains Chinese font will cause exception.

Now I have been experiencing LAZ+FP for quite a while.It is great,it
would be greater if this kind of issues get more attention.

Best regards,

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felipemdc · 2010-09-08 06:32

Quote from: Goodman H__ on September 08, 2010, 03:14:49 amSorry for my
bad,just found maybe there is another issued caused this problem.In my
copies ,one under xp and another under Win7,quite a few of the
components can not recognize Chinese font,incluing TODBCconnection
sets which I tested to connect to MS Access database.All fields with a
Chinese font value are in a mess(both read from and write a new
value).
Which encoding are you using? Are you sure that it matches what the
database expects?

Text isn't about fonts only, but most often it is about encoding.
Fonts are only used for screen rendering.

QuoteSame case as fpSpreadSheet.I like it,since Excel is heavily used
in daily work and own favorite stuffs.But I encounted that interacting
with a worksheet which contains Chinese font will cause exception.
You should report this in the bug tracker and attach a minimal test
project which demonstrates the problem. Also always state which exact
format you are using (there are various Excel formats) and in which
encoding your strings are (should be utf-8).