[2005] unicode display in combobox

[lplover2k]

i have this text to display "Kewell 科维尔 by vivas" but in the combobox the chinese characters are replace by squares... (in my windows explorer also,there are squares)

[Half]

Set the textbox font to Arial Unicode MS. It contains all the official Unicode chars so far. Also if you have another font that supports the characters you need to show, you can use it instead.

If you want to display them in Windows explorer, Notepad etc, you have to set the ANSI of your system accordingly - it is in the Regional and Language Options -> Advanced -> the 'Language for non-Unicode programs' drop down list.

[lplover2k]

thx it's working now... one more question will it owkr on other people's computer or must they have arial unicode font??? as was makin a program in vb6 and some people reported me that the text were not displayed correctly...

[Half]

It will work if they have the font. I've never seen an XP system without it but it is possible that it can be missing on other OSes or removed from the user or another software.

It is always a good idea to include any non default fonts your app is using when installing / deploying. Games for example do it all the time.

[lplover2k]

any tutorial/example how to install the font on the user's pc using installing/deploying?

[Half]

There are many tutorials on the net, but this one is even better - it lets you embed a font in your exe if you don't want to install anything extra.

[lplover2k]

cool thanks man!!!