Changes from Version 1 of PrintingInternationalCharactersExamples

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jcc7 (IP: 68.97.93.38)

Timestamp:

11/21/05 02:27:45 (18 years ago)

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PrintingInternationalCharactersExamples

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+= Printing international characters on Windows =
+
+''Part of'' TutorialAdvanced
+
+== Description ==
+
+This Windows specific code, allows you to print international characters (Greek for instance) on the non UTF-8 Windows console.
+
+== Example ==
+
+{{{
+#!d
+import std.c.stdio;
+import std.c.windows.windows;
+
+extern (Windows) {
+    export BOOL CharToOemW(
+            LPCWSTR lpszSrc, // string to translate
+            LPSTR lpszDst // translated string
+    );
+}
+
+void main()
+{
+    wchar[] s = "Χαίρετε!"; //Greek salutation
+    echo(s); // call our function
+}
+
+void echo(wchar[] s)
+{
+    char[] t = new char[s.length];
+    CharToOemW(s, t); // calling Windows API function
+    puts(t); // printing translated string
+}
+}}}
+
+== Compile Instructions ==
+
+Link to '''kernel32.lib''' when compiling.
+
+
+== Source ==
+
+ * Posted by psychotic
+ * Based on http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/12787.html.
+
+|| Link || http://www.dsource.org/tutorials/index.php?show_example=147 ||
+|| Posted by || Anonymous ||