RE: Unicode text in custom properties

2011-06-21 Thread Slava Paperno
. Thanks, Slava > -Original Message- > From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- > boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Slava Paperno > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 9:22 PM > To: 'How to use LiveCode' > Subject: Unicode text in custom p

Re: Unicode text in custom properties

2011-06-20 Thread Richard Gaskin
Slava Paperno wrote: Has anyone successfully stored and retrieved non-Roman text using a custom property? Is my syntax wrong? get the cDefaultText of field "MyField" set the unicodeText of field "MyField" to it This may be helpful or it may be a red herring, but FWIW I've had robust, predic

Re: Unicode text in custom properties

2011-06-19 Thread Malte Brill
Hey Slava, custom properties are binary, so it should work. What I suspect not to be working is using the Inspector to set it (I am highly suspicious that it uses the TEXT of the field, not the UnicodeText and so you lose some bytes). Try a different field called "myInput". Then in a button:

Unicode text in custom properties

2011-06-19 Thread Slava Paperno
I was advised to store my Cyrillic constants in custom properties of stack objects. I forget if it was a personal recommendation or something I read in a forum. But when I type a Russian word in a custom property box of Property Inspector, then close and reopen Inspector, my text becomes unreadable