Thanks for the ideas. The final text ends up in an XML export. We see Hindi in the Excel spreadsheet that the translators are providing, but it ends up as scrambled Roman characters in Filemaker. I think though that those characters will end up looking right if I set the font to a Hindi one. One complication is that some of the Roman characters end up being XML markup characters, which breaks the XML. I can solve that by putting Hindi entries inside CDATA tags. It’s a shame though to have to go to that trouble when other non-Roman languages are working fine.
> On Dec 14, 2014, at 5:01 PM, Vaughn Clement <vclem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Colin > > Are you trying to use Hindi for the FileMaker screen text, or in the fields > where the user adds data? > > Option 1 > > I add a global field example _Text Header to the layout using a "Merge > Field", then I use a calculation to equal the value assigned and assign > that value from a field with the name I want the Merge field to contain. > Then on a layout I call the language translation screen, I collect both the > merge field and the field that will get the text I want to use on the > layout. When you type the language (any language) in the text field, the > merge global will display that text. > > Option 2 > > If you want all of the text in the program in a different language, set the > language text for FileMaker (Preferences, Fonts, then select the text font > to be used.) If you have the original install DVD the language files are on > that DVD. If you don't have the disc, go to FileMaker.com/support and > download the country language fonts you want to use. > > Option 3 > > Localization of the OS, by setting the language for your OS to the language > required, all test will be set to the local country. > > Thank you > > Vaughn Clement > > On Target Solutions LLC (Support) > On Target Solutions LLC Website: http://www.ontargetsolutions.biz > Email: ontargetsoluti...@yahoo.com > Skype: vaughn.clement > > FaceTime: vclem...@gmail.com > Ph. 928-254-9062 > > > On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Colin Holgate <co...@verizon.net> wrote: >> >> Made a discovery. Copy and paste can work if you paste into the right >> program/ It seems that fonts that can show Roman, Chinese, Japanese, and >> Thai, cannot show Hindi. The solution may be to change the font to a Hindi >> one just when using Hindi, and leave it alone for all other languages. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
