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>but in VFP 8, controls have a FontCharSet property that lets you change the character for individual controls.
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>So far, so good - but what does it help?
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>Which preconditions I need to put in for example russian text? Do I need russian fonts? Do I need a russian Windows system? Do I need a russian keyboard layout?
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This isn't an area of expertise for me, but I have done some testing. With only English fonts installed, when I set FontCharSet to something like Hebrew or Greek, and choose a font that supports that character set, I see the high-end characters (above 127) in the specified font.

Tamar