EA and UNICODE

[lex_cz]

Hi,
after setting up CVS, I have some problems with UNICODE. I have several questions because of that:
1. How do I find out that I have the UNICODE version of EA ? Is it shown somewhere ? (I didn't find it out eg. in the About box)

2. My czech language characters got lost after package export/import. When saving packages to XML I see that default encoding is windows-1252. I think better for my purposes is UTF-8 or similar. I tried to set UTF-8 in the configuration but this doesn't work. I definitely need help

Thanks
Martin

[thomaskilian]

1. How do I find out that I have the UNICODE version of EA ? Is it shown somewhere ? (I didn't find it out eg. in the About box)

Help/About EA...
After the Program Version and build you should find the text Unicode.

Be sure to install the UC version from Sparx' download section.

I raise the question for what purpose Sparx offers a non-unicode version of EA

[lex_cz]

Addon:
Thanks Thomas, I checked my EA and I found out that I have the non-Unicode version. However, I downloaded and installed the newest Unicode trial version (build 767) and the problem remains: The XML files contain non-Unicode text.

Martin

[Takeshi K]

Hello Martin,

Please change code page from Local Options dialog.
From main menu, 'Tools'->'Options' and select 'XML
Specifications' category. After you enter your favorite
code page (ex. UTF-8), EA generates XML files as you like.

Hope this helps.

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t-kouno

[tranhd]

2. My czech language characters got lost after package export/import. When saving packages to XML I see that default encoding is windows-1252. I think better for my purposes is UTF-8 or similar. I tried to set UTF-8 in the configuration but this doesn't work. I definitely need help

My vietnamese language using UTF-8. But when I type name of elements on screen, it displays unknow characters. Please help!

[Takeshi K]

Hello Tranhd,

I guess it's because your Font setting is wrong.
Please check and change your Font to suitable one.

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t-kouno

[lex_cz]

tranhd: I had the same problem, set your Windows regional settings to Vietnamese (Start->Settings->Control Panel->Regional Settings)

tkouno: I did that, but this doesn't help. The XMI files are still in some ASCII charset, just the encoding field on the first row of the XMI file changes to UTF-8 (principially seems to me that EA just changes this field, but does not actually make the conversion). When you try to import XMI with UTF-8, EA fails.

[tranhd]

Hello tkouno, lex_cz,

Thank for your reply. I think it's not problem of font settings because I haven't got problem with Poseidon in the same computer.

Perhaps it's problem of EA with unicode. I can type vietnamese character (UTF- 8 ) in propeties docked windows but can not in right click propeties windows form.

I also find another problem: when I type a new name of an element in propeties docked windows, this name display on element. But after that, when right click mouse and open propeties windows form, the element name is old name !!!!

I'm trying some UML tools and very impressed by EA.
Sorry for my english.

[lex_cz]

Hi trandh,
some time ago applications I have written in C++ under Windows had the same problems as EA when programming according to the Microsoft Windows "standard". After some while when I found out, that this "standard" is crap, I started to write the apps in the "correct" way and such problems disappeared. I suppose EA still uses the MS "standard"   Who is to blame ?

Regards Martin

[thomaskilian]

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