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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hello Stefan, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>My friend from way back. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>In fact I believe you were the first person I ever placed
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName> a permanent role.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>I trust all is well with you, work and bus<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>ess and Itski.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>In my case I’m to be GRANDAFATHER or the first time
this month. My older daughter is with child and is due to have a baby girl on the
23rd. My wife and I are very excited of course.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>OLS DUTCH SAYING: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>“It’s great to be grandfather …only one drawback<br>
“You’ve got share your bed with GRANDMOTHER!!!” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Anyway Stefan, let me how you are do<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Peter Bankers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt'>-----Orig<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>al
Message-----<br>
From: delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] On
Behalf Of Stefan Mueller<br>
Sent: Friday, 3 August 2007 4:44 p.m.<br>
To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - <st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place>
List'<br>
Subject: RE: [DUG] Thai Baht Symbol - or Hex value to Str<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g
converted</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>I was just go<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g
to mention to forget TMS and go for the free TNTWare<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>controls ... but looks like they got bought up by TMS
software earlier this<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>year ;-/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Please let me know if you want some old copy of the
free component library<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>(which should still do f<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>e).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>I Unicode enabled all my applications - Once you
figure out all the snags<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>and problems (and build a decent library for handl<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g widestr<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>gs)
it's<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>actually quite easy to write Unicode enabled
applications!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>There are however a couple of pitfalls (at least <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName> Delphi7, not sure any of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>them got fixed <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>
any of the newer <st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place> version and there are
plenty more<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>bugs <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName> any
of the older <st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place> version <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName> this regard!): <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Follow<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g
is a "DON’T DO", Unicode doesn't work from with<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>
<st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place> source<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>code:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'> Label1.Caption := 'symbol (</span></font><font
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-family:Tahoma'>ß</span></font><span
lang=EN-NZ>)';<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Follow<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g
is also a "DON’T DO", because the first str<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g
is a normal<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>ansistr<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g,
so the compiler converts implicitly to ansistr<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'> memo1.L<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>es.Add('Baht
= ' + chr(3647));<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>(widestr<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g
= ansistr<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g + widestr<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g => Fails!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>(widestr<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g
= widestr<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g + ansistr<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g => works!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>(widestr<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g
= widestr<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g + widestr<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g => works!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>the correct way is to use a Unicode enabled control
(like TNTMemo) and use:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'> tntmemo1.L<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>es.Add(widestr<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g('Baht = ') + WideChar(3647));<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>about codepages/Unicode: W<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>dows
(even <st1:place w:st="on">Vista</st1:place>) still uses codepages ... but<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>the good th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g
is that Unicode (widestr<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g) is
codepage <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>dependent - so no<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>need to get smart and read about codepages (unless you
really want to know<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>why your <st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place>
application doesn't work)!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Another h<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>t:
if you see a "?" then you know you have some<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>widestr<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g->ansistr<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g->widestr<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g
conversion somewhere <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName> your code! -
if<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>you see a empty rectangle box <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>
your display then you know your font is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>miss<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g the
character to display your Unicode character.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>K<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>d
Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Stefan Mueller <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>_____________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>R&D Manager,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>ORCL Toolbox Ltd., <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>-----Orig<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>al
Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>From: delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz]
On<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Behalf Of Steve Peacocke<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 12:13 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>To: NZ Borland Developers Group - <st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place>
List<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subject: Re: [DUG] Thai Baht Symbol - or Hex value to
Str<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g converted<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hello Brian,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The "uppercase beta" that you are see<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g is <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>
fact the character used<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>for the Baht symbol. See<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.fileformat.<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>fo/<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>fo/unicode/char/0e3f/<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>dex.htm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>I understand what you are say<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g,
but this will be <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>stalled onto a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>full hardware sealed-box "device" (I am
unable to elaborate on that)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>so we have total control over what the user sees
whether here <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName> new<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Zealand or <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mongolia</st1:place></st1:country-region>
or anywhere on the planet. Thankfully we are<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>able to make that def<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>ate.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>I have ordered the TMS Unicode package (actually the
full suite,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>should be <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>terest<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g), so hopefully this will be here shortly and I<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>can use it. prelim<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>ary
trials with the downloadable trial components<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>have, so far, proven successful.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thanks aga<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Steve<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Steve Peacocke<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://stevepeacocke.blogspot.com/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>On 03/08/07, Brian Wrigley
<bswrigley@xtra.co.nz> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Hi Steve,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> ----- Orig<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>al
Message -----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> From: "Steve Peacocke"
<steve.peacocke@gmail.com><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
List" <delphi@delphi.org.nz><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 8:46 AM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Subject: Re: [DUG] Thai Baht Symbol - or Hex
value to Str<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g converted<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> > Except that I can see it rendered on a web
page, I can copy that<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> > character <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>to
MS Word and it shows as a character. I can also copy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> > that character <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>to
this email (</span></font><font face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-family:
Tahoma'>ß</span></font><span lang=EN-NZ>) and it shows correctly (Gmail, on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> > the <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>ternet).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> By the time that gets to me <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName> Outlook Express, it shows as an uppercase<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> beta (chr(223)). Possibly someth<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g along the way has converted it to the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> nearest approximation that can be shown on my
computer.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Pound, Euro, Yen and a few others are no problem
- there are symbols for<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> them among the high characters of most of the
common fonts. No such luck<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> with the Baht. Even if you encode the Baht
character correctly (eg <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Unicode) most people will still only see either a
question mark or a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>square<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> box unless they are us<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>g
a suitable code page/font choice comb<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>ation.
In<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Thailand</st1:place></st1:country-region>
they probably do; elsewhere, you might be out of luck.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> > Therefore, there should be a way that I can
display that character <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> > a Label on a form.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> You'd need a label component that uses Widestr<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>gs <st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>stead
of str<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>gs, and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> the user would need their mach<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>e set up appropriately. Otherwise they'd<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>see<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> question marks or square boxes. You might be
better to use a little icon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>or<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> write the word "Baht".<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> > Code Pages? A search of both D2007 and D7
help files produce a zero<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> > result on this. Can you elaborate?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Joel Spolsky expla<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>s
the whole mess quite enterta<st1:PersonName w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName><st1:PersonName
w:st="on">in</st1:PersonName>gly here<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Brian<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-NZ
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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