Hi Slava, You can set the label but not the name of button to a unicode string. In LiveCode, you always use UTF16. If you have a UTF8 string, you need to convert it to UTF16 before you can use it in LiveCode. To convert a UTF8 string to UTF16, use the following syntax:
put uniEncode(myUTF8StringVar,"UTF8") into myUTF16StringVar and to convert from UTF16 to UTF8 use put uniDecode(myUTF16StringVar,"UTF8") into myUTF8StringVar I think that it should be possible to assign a cyrillic string to a variable in a script, but it won't be easy. It is easier to keep your data in fields or custom properties. There might be a LiveCode version that handles unicode text better in the future, but if you have to deliver a project anytime soon, I wouldn't wait for that new version. Btw you can set the unicodeTitle of a stack. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 New: Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.6 for LiveCode here http://qery.us/ce On 8 mei 2011, at 02:24, Slava Paperno (Bridge) wrote: > Is anyone using LC 4.6 for "really foreign" stacks, like Slavic languages or > Greek, in UTF-8? > > In my tests of 4.6.1, the Contents box of fields and labels accepts Russian > fine, and it is displayed correctly, but Russian in a button caption or > tooltip turns into garbage (actually, it looks like it tries to display each > byte of the two-byte characters, poor thing). Trying to type Russian in the > code window totally bombs for me (the effect is indescribable). > > I'm new to LC, so I may be missing something crucial here. The phrase in the > User Guide about writing your own functions to process strings sounds > ominous, and yet they recommend the use of UTF-8, but again speak darkly of > "implementing an external" if you wish to use string handling functions > (section 6.4.6 on UTF-8). > > Can one even assign a Cyrillic string to a variable in the code window? > > I must be doing something wrong--or should I wait for another version of LC? > > Any tips will be appreciated, > > Slava > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
