Hi Eike, On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:03:43 +0200 Eike Rathke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To improve compatibility with Microsoft Office it should be also > > embedded on OpenOffice.org, however, I run into one problem. > > According to Eike's comment, an English version has the name DBCS() > > function instead of JIS() function and the DBCS() doesn't have any > > functionality. > > Maybe a slight misunderstanding, to clarify on this: when importing > a document created in a Japanese Excel environment using the JIS() > function into an English Excel environment, the JIS funtion's name is > displayed as DBCS (derived from DoubleByteCharacterSet) but the > function doesn't seem to have any functionality. So I wondered > whether there are other localized environments where the DBCS > equivalent does something meaningful but different than in a Japanese > environment.
I'm sorry for my misunderstanding. According to Microsoft Office online help[1], the name of JIS function depends on language settings and your report must be right. The different displayed names might be in range of specification of Excel. Moreover, the online help gives us another information about its functionality. It says, "The name of the function (and the characters that it converts) depends upon your language settings." Words in parentheses might inicate that the meaning also differs depending on language settings. It might be also in range of specification that the function doesn't have any functionality on other localized versions. However, we can do no better than collect the information about how DBCS equivalent works for accuracy. So, anybody who has other localized version of Excel, I need your help ongoingly. [1] http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP052508381033.aspx Best regards, -- Japanese Native-Language project Takashi Nakamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
