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- From: yfwu@Uz.nthu.edu.tw (EE U780935)
- Subject: Visual Basic run under Chinese Windows 3.x
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.104147.8933%yfwu@Uz.nthu.edu.tw>
- Organization: National Tsing Hua University (HsinChu)
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 10:41:47 GMT
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- Hello Visual Basic lovers,
- Since there are so many people ask me about the compatible/performance
- problems of Visual Basic's applications running under Chinese Windows. Here
- is a summary:
-
- First, [[[ Chinese Windows summary ]]]
- There are many Chinese Windows in Taiwan and Chinese Mainland. Here is some
- of them. <<<< All Chinese inner code are BIG-5 code >>>>
-
- 1. Microsoft Chinese Windows 3.0
- Price: NT$3,700. (NT$25.5 = US$1)
- Disks: 11 disks (5 1/4")
- Features: Fully Chinese Message support.
- One True-Type Chinese font.
- Support DynaLab's Golden Butterfly Card(GB2A) Chinese Font
- Generator.
- Disadvantages: About 30% slow than Windows 3.0.
- Need 2 disks calls C-Win WDL to modify the original
- C-Windows if you want to run Visual Basic or Word 2.0.
- Only support 3 printer drivers and about 7 display
- drivers.
-
- 2. Microsoft Chinese Windows 3.1
- Not announced yet, beta testing now. Will be announced on April 1993.
- Features: The same as MS C-Win 3.0
- It says that the display speed will be 6 times faster than
- MS C-Win 3.0.
- Beta-test-first-look: Although it says about six times faster than MS
- C-Win 3.0, it seems as slow as C-Win 3.0.
-
- 3. III Chinese Windows Environment 3.x. About NT$2,700.
- Not announced, will be announced on December 1992.
- Features: Must be installed/run under Windows 3.x.
- Because not modifying the kernal of Windows, the display
- speed is as fast as Windows.
- 3 scaleable Chinese font supported.
- Support DynaLab's Golden Butterfly Card/Disks Chinese Font
- Generator.
- Disadvantages: The chinese fonts seems ugly than other C-WIN system.
- The older version (3.0/3.0A) has display problem with
- Word /Excel. The newest version 3.1 (will be announced on
- December) is unknown.
-
- 4. Acer Chinese Windows Environment 3.1
- Disks: 4 disks (5 1/4")
- Price: Sorry, don't know.
- Features: Support one Chinese fonts.
- Support DynaLab's Golden Butterfly Card/Disks Chinese Font
- Generator.
- Must be installed/run under Windows 3.x.
- Disvantages: Don't know because I haven't installed it yet. After I
- install it, I'll post the test result again.
-
- 5. Eten Chinese Windows Driver x.x
- All unknow, maybe alpha test now.
- Announce Date: unknow, maybe on 1993.
-
- Second, let's consider Visual Basic's compatible/performance problems.
- Because all Chinese Windows Environment except MS C-WIN are run under MS
- English Windows. Ther work like ATM. So no problem lah!!! But for MS C-WIN
- 3.0, because it modify the kernel of Windows, it's original display driver
- will conflict with Visual Basic and cause UAE. But the MS WDL corrected it. So
- no problem too.
-
- Performance problems are depends on Windows system, not your problem, so don't
- worry about it too.
-
- Third: DBCS, DBCS! Does C-Win support DBCS?????
- Many foreign people ask about the DBCS( Double-byte Character Set) problems
- because Chinese word are combined by 2-byte, i.e., 2 English chars = 1 Chinese
- word. They query about that Visual Basic can handle DBCS ??? Sorry, the
- answer is No. DBCS handler is done by Windows system, not your VB program.
- But there are *no* Chinese Windows support DBCS now, including Microsoft
- Chinese Windows 3.x. But don't worry about it lah! VB program run in this
- CHinese system works well too. I never see any problem about the DBCS. And,
- the DBCS handler is easy to program, if you meet the problem, just write one.
- It's easy, no kidding.
-
- Any questions? Ask me!
- --
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- Yuh-Fuu Wu National Tsing-Hua University
- e-mail: yfwu@uz.nthu.edu.tw Dept. of Electric Engineering
- Hsin-Chu City, 300
- Like MS Visual Basic most! Taiwan, ROC
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