Zoran, If your platform is Windows, I assume you have a Windows True Type font that has all the characters you need for Serbian, and that you have a character map for that font, i.e. you know the decimal number for each character in the font. These numbers should be between 128 and 255, inclusive.
I also assume you have a way to type these characters into a text editor such as Notepad. With an address like kos.co.yu, I think those should be fair assumptions. If they're false, you should start by asking your compatriots for a font and a keyboard solution. Or download the free evaluation version of the $29 Cyrillic Starter Kit from www.cyrillic.com. It includes fonts and a keyboard mapper. The fonts remain yours even if you don't pay the $29 after the 45 day evaluation period. Assuming the above, start by embedding your font in your Director movie (the Insert menu, etc.). Do not delete the asterisk that Director automatically adds to the font name, e. g. Timesse Cyr *. I'm not making this up--font Timesse Cyr that has all Serbian characters is included in the Cyrillic Starter Kit from www.cyrillic.com. The font is based on the standard Cyrillic Windows character set (code page), and a character map is part of the Help in Cyrillic Keyboard that comes with the Starter Kit. With that font, and keyboard, you'll be able to type in Director's Text editor. (You will not see Serbian in Director's Message window, but you can always copy any text from the Message window and paste it into Notepad or Word to read it.) You can use that font to display dialogs for the user with Buddy API's message boxes. Use the embedded font in all your text members. Tell me what specific problems you have with Serrbian texts in your movie. Slava t 11:55 PM 5/19/04 +0200, you wrote: >I do really need pointers. I've been having problems for years with Serbian >language which uses Ciryllic very similar to that of Russian. Thats why I am >asking for help. > >Zoran >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:lingo-l- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Slava Paperno >> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 5:14 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: <lingo-l> Font problem >> >> I, too, will look forward to reading Kerry's article, since he's our >> leading expert in these things, but in the meantime, don't despair: I've >> been using Russian in my Director projects for years, with various >> Cyrillic fonts based on code page 1251 in Windows and Apple Cyrillic on >> the Mac (both OS 9 and OS X). It's all totally doable, including access to >> large databases in Russian, all sorts of string manipulation, user input >> in Ciryllic, and so on, and without using Flash or Unicode. Let me know if >> you need pointers. >> >> Slava [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
