Hi Ben.

Just been doig some more experimenting.
Within VFP , I set up a DBF and used the command :
Appe from MyChi.xls type XLS
..... this seems to have worked fine and I can now see the chinese characters in VFP !!

My next step is to try printing thee to a Dot matrix Printer.....
Thnaks again for your help.

Regards,

Gerard




>Gerard,
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>You may install Windows Multilanguage pack CD disk 1 and select either Simplified (Mainland China) or Traditional (Taiwan & HK) Chinese. You may get the Multilanguage pack CD from MSDN download.
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>If you don't have the Multilanguage pack CD, you may open the Control Panel and select Regional and Language Options. On the Language page, check "Install files for Ease Asian languages". If you are going to display or input Chinese in your VFP on the same machine, you must on the Advanced page select "Chinese..." in the Language for non-Unicode programs dropdown.
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>Ben
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>>Hi.
>>I am trying to view Chinese characters on my pc in Excel.
>>I have a file from our clients Excel PC and can see the Chinese characters when I open the file on his pc.
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>>Anybody know what I have to do to my PC so that I can see the Chinese Characters.
>>I then want to be able to import these into a VFP database and print them out in an Invoice Application.
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>>Regards,
>>Gerard