Using Unicode for different languages in VO

ThomasWYale · Post by **ThomasWYale** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 5:35 pm

Is there a means by which VO applications can use Unicode characters for text in languages that don't use regular ASCII characters? Perhaps a type of Rich Edit or even Single-Line Edit control imported into VO, the operation of which is governed by whatever virtual keyboard is used on a particular PC?

wriedmann · Post by **wriedmann** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:54 am

Hi Thomas,

Robert has done some work on this on the VO side. I have seen that code, and it looks very interesting.
But I would opt for a migration to X# and the new, WinForms based GUI classes, where Unicode is standard.
Of course such a migration is some work, but Unicode integration into VO is that also.
Wolfgang

robert · Post by **robert** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:06 am

Thomas,
There is no easy solution in VO.
The best that I can advise is to go to .Net and embed a Windows Forms control in your VO window.
The "Email client" example in the documentation: https://www.xsharp.eu/help/example-4-th ... t-exa.html shows how you can use an Explorer control on a windows forms and can bind it to a VO window.
In your case I would use a Unicode textbox or RTF control and do the same.

Robert