problem accessing unicode for arabic characters

Question

User-1232302422 posted

hi

i m creating a non-english(urdu) web page. now the problem is how to write strings in arabic on the web page. i want the text box server control to take input characters as arabic strings, and then the the input should be retrieved in a variable as unicode string so as to save it ultimately , in database.

 

help needed asap

i would be really thankful

tc

Answer 1

User-319574463 posted

Look at http://www.guysmithferrier.com/ and in particular at Guy Smith's book ISBN 0321341384. The book is available online at Safari books at http://safari.oreilly.com/0321341384

Also his presentation http://www.guysmithferrier.com/downloads/teni18n.pdf

Answer 2

User-503940700 posted

Also you might want to check out these links:

For globalizing your application: http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/localization.asp

For entering locale specific data using IME (Input Method Editor): http://geekswithblogs.net/vivek/archive/2007/02/01/105121.aspx

Hope this helps,

Vivek