Changing character sets in text fields

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 8/13/04 8:38 PM, "Ben Rubinstein" <benr_mc at cogapp.com> wrote:

> Ruslan wrote:
> 
>>>> * Valentina always keep db in platforms native format.
>>>>   if you move db to other platform, then Valentina on the fly convert
>>>> strings and numbers.
>>> 
>>> So if a database is going to be used primarily on one platform, it is most
>>> efficient if it is also built on that platform?
>> 
>> Exactly.
>> 
>> Btw, Valentina Studio allow control format of db, when you create it.
>> Most of Valentina SDKs (e,g, V4RB) also have this parameter.
>> Using it you can on MAC prepare db in format native for windows.
>> 
>> We talk here about Valentina 1.x
> 
> Is this possible using VXCMD?

I think yes.

Please look int Database_Create() method docs.

 
> And if this is done, then using the example of creating Windows format
> native db on Mac, would it be the case that text inserted on the Mac would
> be assumed to be in MacRoman, and converted before storage into some Windows
> format?  (And btw, what is the format that is used on Windows?  CP1250?
> ISO-8859-1?  Or is it sensitive to the localisation of the version of
> Windows?)

Yes, Valentina will expect from you Mac Western,
    but when write it on disk Valentina will convert it to Latin-1

Win Format Is not sensitive.
I think it is ISO-8859-1

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Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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