PRB: Czech Characters Display Incorrectly in Label Caption

 Last reviewed: August 7, 1997
Article ID: Q172453
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SYMPTOMS

Czech characters do not display properly in a label on a form.

RESOLUTION

Regional and Keyboard Settings

Use these steps for the Windows NT 4.0/Windows 95 keyboard:

  1. Open the Control Panel and double-click Keyboard.

  2. Click the Input Locales or Language tab.

  3. Click Add and select Czech from the drop-down list.

  4. Click OK.

  5. Select the Czech "Input locales" entry and click the "Set as Default" button.

Use these steps for Windows NT 4.0/Windows 95 Regional Settings:

  1. Open the Control Panel and double-click Regional Settings.

  2. Select the Czech option from the drop-down list.

  3. Select the "Set as System Default Locale" check box and click OK.

  4. If you get a message that the required files are already on the hard drive, click No to replace the files and follow the instructions to install those files.

  5. Reboot the computer.

NOTE: Ensure the "Multilanguage Support" is installed for Windows 95. 
      This can be found in the Control Panel by clicking the Add/Remove
      Programs icon on the Windows Setup tab.

Code Pages in Microsoft Visual FoxPro

In the Config.fpw file, place the following setting for the Czech code page: 

   CODEPAGE=895
To check the current code page of Microsoft Visual FoxPro, run the following function from the Command window. 

   ?CPCURRENT()
Use these steps to change the Form's Code Page:

  1. To change the code page of a previously created form, called MyForm, and run the following code from the Command window: 

          USE MyForm.SCX
      DO HOME() + "TOOLS\CPZERO\CPZERO" WITH "MyForm.SCX"
      *Displays the Code Page Selection Dialog.
      *Select "895 - Kamenicky (Czech) MS-DOS" and click OK button.
      USE

After performing the above steps, the text from the Caption property of the Labels needs to be reentered. At this point they will retain the correct characters.

STATUS

This behavior is by design. 

Keywords          : FxenvGeneral vfoxwin
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

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Last reviewed: August 7, 1997
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