Question Euro Sign - Which Code Page

[Cringer]

Which codepage do I need for the users to be able to enter the € in the application? Currently on ISO8859-1 I believe which I know doesn't have it. Ideally it would be one I can switch to without having to do any complicated conversions.

 

[Osborne]

Cringer, does this article help?:

Progress KB - How to enter and display the Euro "€" symbol in ABL code?

 

[Cringer]

Perfect thanks Osborne. I think we can safely use the 1252 codepage.

 

[RealHeavyDude]

You could also go with iso8859-15 which, if I remember correctly, was created because of the € symbol.

 

[Cringer]

1252 seems to work ok for the GUI application but doesn't seem to for the CHUI. Is it possible to display the sign in a CHUI environment?

 

[TheMadDBA]

What are you using to access the CHUI side? You might have to tweak some codepage settings in Putty or whatever you are using.

 

[Cringer]

I'm looking at it through a command prompt myself. The users are using a Georgia Softworks telnet client running on hand held barcode scanners.

 

[TheMadDBA]

Does this help? Progress KB - The Euro and Trademark symbols do not display with ISO8859-1 and OpenEdge.

 

[TomBascom]

Was that Georgia Softworks stuff released in the last 15 years? If it was then it *ought* to have support for the Euro.. Then again you did say "telnet"....

 

[Cringer]

Thanks for all the pointers. Not working yet, but the most important is the GUI as that's where they print documents from to go back to their customers.

 

[TomBascom]

Regarding the telnet sessions -- if Georgia Softworks doesn't have an obvious way to set the code page try the "mode" command from a command prompt.

 

[tamhas]

For future reference, stick this URL in your reference file for code page issues.
Internationalization (I18n), Localization (L10n), Standards, and Amusements

 

[Cringer]

Thanks Thomas.