Unicode, Set up for MC 2.4.3 on Mac OS9.1?

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

on 4/7/03 8:42 PM, Charles Yeomans at yeomans at desuetude.com wrote:

>>>>>> But I wonder, what you say about this way:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- We simply add 2 more languages for String and Text fields.
>>>>>>         "UTF-8" and "UTF-16"
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- at least for 1.x version.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- for UTF16, if you say VarChar[504] then
>>>>>>         GetMaxStringLength() will return 257 chars.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> what GetMaxStringLength() will return for UTF8?
>>>> 
>>>> :-) good question.
>>>> 
>>>> Well, I think it is correct to return 504,
>>>> Because this is MAXIMUM possible number.
>>>> But we can have less chars also.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I think that MaxLength should return the length in bytes, as it always
>>> has.
>> 
>> No, you mean GetBytes(), this function really will return 504.
>> 
>> In fact I have confuse you,
>> function GetMaxText() exists only in C++
> 
> Or maybe I have confused myself -- what should the V4Rb function
> MaxLength return?

MaxLength returns 504
GetBytes returns 504 + 1 for strings

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Best regards,
Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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