I think we all understood correctly your first post, Malcolm. There is no such thing as VFP's Proper() function in european languages except English.
I would suggest to not try to propercase the short texts in report titles and/or lists. I would suggest to use a regular phrase capitalization for report headings/lists, or UPPERCASE() the entire report title. A good report title would be: CUSTOMER LIST or Customer list French: Liste des clients German: Kundenliste Spanish: Lista de clients Romanian: Lista de clienti Italian: Elenco dei clienti Bottom line: We, in Europe, Don't Have Such Thing As First Letter Uppercase in Each Word Except Prepositions and/or Conjunctions. It's an English Specific Thing. Noi, in Europa, nu facem prima litera mare in fiecare cuvant. Este un specific al limbii engleze. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Malcolm Greene > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 4:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NF] Propercasing non-English text (thank you/clarification) > > Thank you all for all the detailed replies - this ignorant American learned > alot > :) > > Apologies, but my original post was poorly worded. What I meant by > propercasing is hopefully a little more simple. > > I meant the process of propercasing text similar to vfp's proper() function > which (ignoring its problems with punctuation) attempts to convert the first > character of every word to an upper case letter. > > The above sentence passed through VFP's proper() function would be: > > "I Meant The Process Of Propercasing Text Similar To Vfp's Proper() Function > Which (ignoring Its Problems With Punctuation) Attempts To Convert The > First Character Of Every Word To An Upper Case Letter." > > We've been asked to 'proper case' single line text used in short report > headings and in some types of lists. > > I'm wondering how this practice applies to YOUR non-English language - > especially if there are accents or if you have words with camelCase or > TitleCase situations? > > Are there language specific 'proper()' algorithms for YOUR non-English > language or would a proper()-like function just wreak havoc on your > content? > > Is there a better term than 'proper/propercase' to describe what I'm talking > about? > > Thanks again for your feedback! > > Regards, > Malcolm > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
