Russian alphabet in EA

[pfcp]

Hello all,

are there any users of EA from Russia?
We would like to start using EA in our company and we use Russian aplphabet too. Is it possible to use it in EA?

Please, let me know if you have some experience with it.

Thanks

[eauser2]

Yes, looks like russian language is supported for class names, attribute names and in notes. However I doubt you will design classes with russian names. =)

[Eve]

The first step is making sure that the database you are using supports unicode.  For eap files this means using Jet 4.  (Tools | Options | General | Use JET 4.0 - requires restart)  For other repositories there may be different issues.

For handling of classes etc. (as eauser2 said you probably won't want the russian characters generated) you should use the alias field for the russian name.  And then turn on display of aliases in the diagram.  Finally, there is also a global option for how aliases are displayed at Tools | Options | Diagram | Behavior.

[aehrlich]

Well, I've switched to Jet4 database. I can add unicode to, say, UC names and notes and I see it on diagrams, but in the editing window non-windows-default-ansi-codepage characters are displayed as "bold |" instead, making editing pretty problematic.
How can I tell UI of EA to "use unicode font"? And can I somehow attach an image to the message to illustrate the problem?

[Gary W.]

And can I somehow attach an image to the message to illustrate the problem?

When you post the reply, note the 'Add YABBC tags:' toolbar above.  Fourth button from the left (framed imaged) is "Insert Image".

It inserts a pair of tags.  Now what I normally do is insert a hyperlink to http:\\www.xyz.com\abc.jpg, and it this normally works.  

I don't know if you can refer to an image file directly on your hard drive, but I have inserted images using this method, and pointing to a web url.

HTH,
Gary

[Aaron B]

Well, I've switched to Jet4 database. I can add unicode to, say, UC names and notes and I see it on diagrams, but in the editing window non-windows-default-ansi-codepage characters are displayed as "bold |" instead, making editing pretty problematic.

Problems with Unicode characters in the Notes windows should be fixed in EA 7.0.  You can either download the latest beta release to try this, or you can wait for the offical 7.0 release which should hopefully be in the coming weeks.

[ocroquette]

And can I somehow attach an image to the message to illustrate the problem?

As gwong said, you can use the img tag to insert an image in a post. If you don't have any web server handy, use one of these: http://www.google.com/search?q=image+hosting

[aehrlich]

Thank you for your help.
Most of "unicode display" problems have been solved in v7.
And I meant "how to attach an image to the post without utilizing any external server" indeed ;-).