Right to Left bug

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   When running on a system that has the RTL language pack installed, english text with brackets appears incorrectly.

This may just be a weird side effect of BiDi systems, since it also happens in the form caption; but this may also be caused by the way CodeJock appears to recommend enabling RTL support via Windows APIs.

I have attached a copy of the ScribbleMultiLang example, with a few strings hard-coded to english.  Load the sample, then select "Arabic" from the language menu.

On a regular Windows system, everything appears fine.  But install the language pack, and the problem appears.

2005-03-24_001054_ScribbleMultiLang.zip

To install the language pack (requires the windows CD):

On WinXP:

Control panel -> regional and language options -> languages tab

Under "Supplemental language support", ticking either checkbox will show the problem.

On Win2K:

Control panel -> regional options -> general tab

In the list of languages select Arabic.

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Spyder Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 29	Post Options Post Reply Quote Spyder Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Right to Left bug Posted: 24 March 2005 at 12:23am
	When running on a system that has the RTL language pack installed, english text with brackets appears incorrectly. This may just be a weird side effect of BiDi systems, since it also happens in the form caption; but this may also be caused by the way CodeJock appears to recommend enabling RTL support via Windows APIs. I have attached a copy of the ScribbleMultiLang example, with a few strings hard-coded to english. Load the sample, then select "Arabic" from the language menu. On a regular Windows system, everything appears fine. But install the language pack, and the problem appears. 2005-03-24_001054_ScribbleMultiLang.zip To install the language pack (requires the windows CD): On WinXP: Control panel -> regional and language options -> languages tab Under "Supplemental language support", ticking either checkbox will show the problem. On Win2K: Control panel -> regional options -> general tab In the list of languages select Arabic.

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 March 2005 at 1:59am
	Can you attach screenshot what problem do you see?
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Spyder Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 29	Post Options Post Reply Quote Spyder Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 March 2005 at 5:55pm
	Sorry, I should have thought of that :) Here's what I see:

Spyder Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 29	Post Options Post Reply Quote Spyder Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 March 2005 at 1:30am
	I ended up fixing this one by adding an RTM character (unicode character 200f) before the first "(" which seems to fix the problem. It leaves the combobox with a "?" character in it on english systems, but works fine on a full arabic windows.

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 April 2005 at 4:34am
	I think it is bug of english systems. Check Caption of bitmap you attached - it has same problem.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Spyder Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 29	Post Options Post Reply Quote Spyder Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 April 2005 at 6:04pm
	The only "bug" is in how the windows RTL engine handles brackets in relation to english text in an RTL string. Luckily windows reacts properly to the LRM and RLM characters so I was able to work around the issue.