ActiveX not able to translate Special Characters

mrabhishekm · 12-22-2008, 10:41 PM

hi,

I'm new to this. I have a issue with ActiveX [and I hope I'll be able to put it across well technically].

The issue is like this.

In the DB the unit of measure is written in French [which uses a special character, not present on an English keyboard "é"]

Now the first time the screen opens up correctly [since we are translating the text using custom code] but AS SOON AS THE USER CLICKS ON THE GRID TO OPEN IT UP FOR EDITING THE CHARACTER "é" IS REPLACED BY AN UNDERSCORE "_" .

Can this be an issue with the way ActiveX trying to translate "é" internally and failing to do so?

Please help.

Thanks

**jamiemac2005** · 12-23-2008, 03:27 PM

Hey, could you post your code?

And describe what your system actually does, because all i understand from this is it translates french to english.

It shoudln't be a translation problem(well not in the way you've described) because é is recognised by all PCs. It could be a problem with going from Unicode to ASCii...

Still, post your code and we'll try help =]

Cheers,
Jamey

mrabhishekm · 12-23-2008, 11:54 PM

I dont know which part of code should be posted here [ i really don't :(]

however I may tell you what it does.

We have some data in DB which has to be fetched first and shown on an ActiveX screen.

it's something like
Qty
25 <units> [here the units is configurable] -that means a french user can configure it as <unitès>

so the screen shows the qty as 25unitès on the upper grid.

It DOES display fine when the user opens the screen for inquiry at first.

The user is allowed to change the qty [editable grid]
he clicks on this grid-column -> the qty is shown properly
BUT as soon as he tries to edit it [press some number key say he wants to change the qty to 1 he
presses 1] , the screen shows something like 1unit_s [ the special char is replaced by "_"] .

I checked the Font used and surprisingly it doesn't include any special character
[but the screen DOES show the char "è" for the first time. No idea how it's working here]

code wise When the user tries to edit the grid the control hits
_ChangeEdit [not too much there] at the end of this function the VB env flickers for a moment
[i reckon some internal code exection ] and comes back to the _ChangeEdit function.

By this time the "è" has already been changed to "_"

Do I need to be provide something else too?

12-22-2008, 10:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
mrabhishekm Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 OS: win server 2003	ActiveX not able to translate Special Characters hi, I'm new to this. I have a issue with ActiveX [and I hope I'll be able to put it across well technically]. The issue is like this. In the DB the unit of measure is written in French [which uses a special character, not present on an English keyboard "é"] Now the first time the screen opens up correctly [since we are translating the text using custom code] but AS SOON AS THE USER CLICKS ON THE GRID TO OPEN IT UP FOR EDITING THE CHARACTER "é" IS REPLACED BY AN UNDERSCORE "_" . Can this be an issue with the way ActiveX trying to translate "é" internally and failing to do so? Please help. Thanks

12-23-2008, 03:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
jamiemac2005 Design Team Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Coventry, UK Posts: 1,883 OS: Vista, various linux distros	Re: ActiveX not able to translate Special Characters Hey, could you post your code? And describe what your system actually does, because all i understand from this is it translates french to english. It shoudln't be a translation problem(well not in the way you've described) because é is recognised by all PCs. It could be a problem with going from Unicode to ASCii... Still, post your code and we'll try help =] Cheers, Jamey __________________ Myspace

12-23-2008, 11:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
mrabhishekm Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 OS: win server 2003	Re: ActiveX not able to translate Special Characters I dont know which part of code should be posted here [ i really don't :(] however I may tell you what it does. We have some data in DB which has to be fetched first and shown on an ActiveX screen. it's something like Qty 25 <units> [here the units is configurable] -that means a french user can configure it as <unitès> so the screen shows the qty as 25unitès on the upper grid. It DOES display fine when the user opens the screen for inquiry at first. The user is allowed to change the qty [editable grid] he clicks on this grid-column -> the qty is shown properly BUT as soon as he tries to edit it [press some number key say he wants to change the qty to 1 he presses 1] , the screen shows something like 1unit_s [ the special char is replaced by "_"] . I checked the Font used and surprisingly it doesn't include any special character [but the screen DOES show the char "è" for the first time. No idea how it's working here] code wise When the user tries to edit the grid the control hits _ChangeEdit [not too much there] at the end of this function the VB env flickers for a moment [i reckon some internal code exection ] and comes back to the _ChangeEdit function. By this time the "è" has already been changed to "_" Do I need to be provide something else too?