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>>How can I change CodePage of *.SCX or *.PRG file?
>>
>>Stoyka
>
>Along with what Max said, there's another thing you can do:
>
>modify command some.prg as 1251
>
>This will treat the text in some.prg as it's written in codepage 1251
>(or whatever, 1251 is just a guess). If it was written in 855 or 866,
>you can
>
>modify command some.prg as 866
>
>....and Fox will translate your 1251 keystrokes into 866 keystrokes; this
>way you can open a OEM codepage text and keep typing from VFP, no matter
>what codepage you are currently running at.
>
>One more thing you can do - in the .pjx file, right-click the .prg, and
>you'll get a 'code page' in the popup. A .prg file doesn't have a
>codepage mark, but it can be memorized in the project this way, so next
>time you open it from the project manager, it will open in the proper
>codepage (and get compiled in it, too).
>
>A different question is if you have a non-PE (paneuropean) W95
>installed, with active code page different from what you're trying to
>use in VFP. VFP simply has no ability (that I've found) to display
>characters beyond the 256 chars given in the current codepage. You can
>have your national alphabet in your editor, memo fields, RTF controls -
>just pick the font and _script_; but no controls have the script
>property (heeeey, FoxWish.wake.up), so it's your machine's codepage
>forever (or until VFP6, or until we find a workaround here).
Thanks for taking the time to help me.
Stoyka
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