const wchar_t * theString = TextManager.Get("ERROR_MSG");
MessageBoxW(gHWND, theString, theString, MB_OK);
Unicode in MessageBoxW
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I'm trying to do localization stuff, I pull a unicode string (currently in Russian) out of a file, and I try to do something with it:
Is russian supported by whichever font MessageBox uses? (Which is the default Windows font, I guess)
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That strikes me as very likely, I assume that on a target machine which is actually operating in russian, I can expect that the Cyrillic character set would be present.
Any idea how I can install the extra characters on my local machine as a sanity check?
Any idea how I can install the extra characters on my local machine as a sanity check?
If you have Russian installed as one of the Regional and Language Options, and not just a Russian Font, it should just work if you're using unicode.
The only other thing I can think of is if you didn't actually save the actual C++ file in a Unicode format. Or, if you don't have the actual program supporting Unicode. That would pretty much revert to ASCII, causing the boxes.
I'd suggest keeping with MessageBox, rather than using MessageBoxW, as it should wrap the correct function according to the character set supported by your program.
The only other thing I can think of is if you didn't actually save the actual C++ file in a Unicode format. Or, if you don't have the actual program supporting Unicode. That would pretty much revert to ASCII, causing the boxes.
I'd suggest keeping with MessageBox, rather than using MessageBoxW, as it should wrap the correct function according to the character set supported by your program.
As Nytegard said you shouldn't need to use MessageBoxW() you should just use MessageBox() and with _UNICODE and UNICODE preprocessor defines it will chose the correct one. That also ensures your program is unicode.
But he's using wchar_t rather than TCHAR.
If you want to be able to toggle Unicode on and off, you're right, he should use MessageBox() (and TCHAR).
But if he just wants to use Unicode, period, he might as well be explicit about it, and use wchar_t (as he does) and MessageBoxW().
If you want to be able to toggle Unicode on and off, you're right, he should use MessageBox() (and TCHAR).
But if he just wants to use Unicode, period, he might as well be explicit about it, and use wchar_t (as he does) and MessageBoxW().
It looks like your using c++. With the MessageBox function I have always seen it set to NULL, I guess you could probably using zero(0) too. I'm talking about the first parameter of MessageBox, so something like this
I think the NULL is used to represent the desktop window.
MessageBox(NULL, theString, theString, MB_OK);I think the NULL is used to represent the desktop window.
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I think the NULL is used to represent the desktop window.
Coincidentally, yes. From winuser.h:
#define HWND_DESKTOP ((HWND)0)
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