MI Japanese Text Display Support

[andre boessenkool]

Hi all, Every now and again I receive a message on this list which is generated in a country not using Roman script for their language (Greece, Japan, Arabian Countries, Israel etc.). Whenever my cursor is located on one of those messages, a window opens up telling me, that in order to properly display the message, I need to download a file of several Mbyte in size from the Internet, which will take anywhere near 20-40 minutes. However, when I chose to cancel this operation, the respective e-mail message displays perfectly. I am not interested in seeing any Japanese or Arabian characters if they were in there, since I can't read them anyway. (The 'helpful' window by the way takes at least 10 seconds to appear and in the meantime I can't scroll further through my messages, ..... very annoying! And every time I land on that foreign e-mail message again, yes, yes, yes indeed!)   Is anyone else experiencing the same? And if so, how do you handle this? Is there perhaps a way to turn off this option of downloading these exotic support files?? Or is it another gift to mankind that nobody really wants - such as piped-in non-music - but that we have to learn to live with?   from: andré boessenkool po box 101 - vlottenburg 7604 south africa tel  (+27 21) 881 3188 fax (+27 21) 881 3189 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Kazuhiko Yamashita To: Jolanda Simon Cc: MI_ML Sent: 22 August, 2000 08:56 Subject: Re: Hotlink tool in MI v6 Hi Jolanda, Thank you for your question. I have had similar inquiries about Hotlink. > On other PC's though, running on W95/98 clicking on the hotlink tool opens a > NEW MapInfo session. I tried it on W98Japanese and it opened a workspace WITHIN session. So it  does  not look dependent on OS, such as W98/95 or W2000. I once set hotlinks to JPG photos linked to MapInfo Proviewer6. My colleague, who does not have MapInfo professional but Proviewer6, clicked the hotlinks. New Proviewer opened at each click. It was a bit annoying and waste of memory. So I would be glad  if someone tells me how to control this feature. Thanks in advance. Regards,           Hiko Kazuhiko Yamashita Division of Environment & Marine, Kokusai Kogyo co. ltd 3-6-3 Hakataeki-higashi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0013 Japan Phone: +81-92-431-7277 FAX: +81-92-431-7275 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]