From: "Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In article <81800@palm-dev-forum>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > says... > > Stupid problem time. I'm using stringlist resources containing > > accented characters. These are generated from a database in the > > form of .r files which are then (as I understand) compiled by > > Rez to create resources. The problem is that the accented characters > > are being 'converted' in the process and are not displaying properly. > > DeRez does a similar transformation on the way out. > > > Scott Johnson has written about this too. IIRC, Rez is assuming that > the input character set is following the Macintosh character > conventions, instead of the Windows character set. PalmRez then turns > the Mac character set into the Palm OS character set for some of its > structures -- I don't know if it just does this for UI text or if it > affects strings and string lists as well. > Hmm. So assuming you're saying that I'm screwed as far as expecting CW/Palm to handle it properly and that I have to write a conversion is there a source that could tell me what conversion is being done so that I can adjust for it?
I assume that I'm going to have to create text containing the ASCII codes that correspond to the Mac characters for the accented characters I want to end up with in my application. Chris Tutty -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
