> Hello there, i´m creating an website in Arabic, and i want to know if > flash cs3 has support for arabic language.
Flash supports Unicode, so it supports Arabic, up to a point. Arabic, along with Farsi and Hebrew, presents unique problems. It's what's called a bi-directional language, or bi-di in localization jargon. Most of the text goes from right to left, the opposite of European languages. However, if there is an English word or quote, it will go from left to right (I'm just using English as an example--the same holds true for any left-to-right language). Also, Arabic characters actually change shape depending on context, e.g. the beginning of a word vs. inside a word, or when it is used in conjunction with certain other characters. I also believe numerals are written left-to-right. And there's the issue of the period vs. the decimal point. I can be quite complex to analyze in code. All this isn't meant to discourage you, but to point you in the right direction. Your text will almost certainly need to be written on an Arabic system. And, of course, you will need to test on an Arabic system, with an Arabic-enabled browser. This isn't directly related to Flash, but be sure to have somebody fluent in both the Arabic language and the culture of your target countries. Graphics can be a big issue when you're working cross-culture. A couple of examples come to mind--the American "V for Victory" sign, with the index and middle finger forming a V, is a very bad insult in some South American cultures. A famous example was when the American president Richard Nixon visited a South American country. He stepped out of the plane with both hands raised in that gesture. The picture ran on the front pages of several South American newspapers, because Nixon was essentially giving a big "F**k You" to the country. More recently, American troops in Iraq took way too long to figure out that the American sign for "Stop!", a hand held up, palm facing forward, was a "Welcome" sign in Iraqi culture. I'm not going to get into politics--just an illustration of why you need to pay attention to your graphics. Cordially, Kerry Thompson _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
