From: nandu patil > I wanted to do all encodings in C++ so i can write a library (DLL) which > will handle all this stuff
Do you need to communicate with other applications that do not support Unicode? If not, then you have no need to support "encodings" at all (since you are using Unicode and you have no need to convert data to and from it). If you do need to communicate with legacy (non-Unicode) applications and you are on Windows, then how easy/hard it is depends on what you are converting from. If you are using VB.Net or C# (see below) then using a DLL here becomes a lot less required since the .Net framework has all of the support you would need without requiring an external DLL anyway! > but I want to disply this hindi in VB application. If you mean VB.Net, this can work quite well... it will support the input methods, fonts, rendering, collation, and locale information provided in Windows 2000/XP/.Net Server. It also will handle a lot of things you were thinking about doing in a separate DLL. But if you mean VB5 or VB6, you will find this to be quite a challenge since the forms and intrinsic controls sdupport only Unicode interfaces (and convert everything to the default system code page, which does not ever support Hindi). > Please help me to do this Multilangual application,I dont know how to start > development using Unicode. my guide suggested me to use unicode, Well to start, deciding on your programming tools would be important -- it is crucial to have a foundation before you start building. MichKa
