"tobi" wrote:

> hello all,
>
> Using framework 2.0 I have to display a text, given as a xml data file.
> The given text contains extended unicode data (see below '↑' represents
> arrow up 8593 )
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
> <help>
> <display>↑</display>
> </help>
>
> According to the Encoding class, the codepage for iso-8859-1 holds the
> WindowsCodePage 28591 which mapped to codepage Windows-1252.
>
> No culture settings displays the right sign on my DotNet Form.
>
> How is it possible to display unicode characters from changing encodings on
> my form.
>
> do a japanese website which is integrated an US
> english e-commerce website. the japanese folks whom we work with
> currently have a translation program (in VB) which supposedly
> translates the japanese (postal) address into a corresponding english
> one. they make use of it in excel (where they enter the address).
>
> we are trying to incorporate the same code here in our dotnet webpage
> but with no success. the main issue is in finding out the 'ascii' value
> of a japanese character. the vb program they supplied has this logic :
>
> surname = StrConv(RomaN(jp_surname), vbNarrow)
>
> and the RomaN function is like follows :
>