Does ThinAir supports Unicode ?

[kcvinu]

Hi all,
Thanks for this nice IDE and nice language. It doesn't deems to be support unicode. When i type some texts in my native language (Malayalam - India), it shows some question marks. Normaly, this type ide's have an option set the encoding to UTF-8 or something like that. I can't find one in ThinAir. Did i miss something ?

[Petr Schreiber]

Hi,

thinBasic unicode support is an area which could be expanded a lot.

But to give you a start, have a look at the following functions to see, if their help you achieve what you need:

• IsUnicode
• Ascii2Unicode
• Unicode2Ascii
• WideCharToUTF8$
• UTF8ToWideChar$
  
• UTF8ToAnsi$
  
• AnsiToUTF8$

I remember talking with Eros regarding UTF8. I think thinAir does not support it in current build, but thinBasic interpreter can use UTF8 files to execute.

Regarding code page in console, I think the following function is very helpful:

• Console_SetCP

You can check the information about these in Help file, which you can launch by pressing F1 key in thinAir.


Petr

[kcvinu]

@Petr Schreiber,
Thanks. Let me try

[kcvinu]

Hi,
I have tried all functions you said in above post. None of them are worked. Feeling sad about unicode.

[primo]

Hi kcvinu
i am curious if this approach works:
use notepad to save this code:

Uses "UI"

string a
a = "മലയാളം"
msgbox 0,a

to the thinbasic folder, then from command prompt write
thinBasicc test.txt
does it display the മലയാളം correctly on your system ? if not try the functions listed by Petr with the മലയാളം in notepad and try again.
i have tried the Greek and several other languages and it is displayed correctly in the thinAir ide and in the msgbox, except the indian(
Malayalam) . but don't despair, you can request the proper management of your language here http://www.thinbasic.com/community/p...hp?projectid=1 . Eros in a holiday (in a remote island with no internet connection) for 2 weeks.

[kcvinu]

@primo
Thanks for your reply. But your aproach didn't worked for me. The msgbox showed with strange symbols.