language support in windows mobile6 forms

Question

hi every one
i design a form in windows mobile 6 and type persian in text boxes and labels although i choose the language of the form persian but when i run the project it dont know the language and instead of characters it show squares !!!
do you have any idea of what should i do?

Answer 1

You need to have persian language support on the device to get it displayed

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Regards, Navin Narayan

Answer 2

Hi niktana ,


in this case you can also use resource file, you can store persian text and while application run you can render these text into label or textbox.


Hope this may be help.

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Pavan Pareta | If you find my post is helpful for you then mark as a answer.

Answer 3

Hi Niktana,

1)  your device may not be localized of persian . You should purchase the persian localized device.

Localized emulator Images( differennt languages like greek, french,.....)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=52FED581-8F8D-4C46-9966-4832098191B7&displaylang=en (WM 5.0)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=38c46aa8-1dd7-426f-a913-4f370a65a582&displaylang=en  (WM 6.0)


2) Try also this:

Start --> Settings --> Regional settings --> select your language settings ther


3)

Check this sample application:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/mobile/hangman_dncf.aspx


Check this sample as well:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/mobile/Wm2005Globalization2.aspx


Please let me know if you have any queries regarding this.


Regards,
Malleswar