<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Frank has a couple of projects that he asked me to give him a hand with. This is one of them. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Laura Brody </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:12px;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Bob Rasmussen <ras@anzio.com> </div><div>Date: 2/16/22 8:37 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: "laura.k.brody" <laura.k.brody@gmail.com> </div><div>Cc: laura@hvcomputer.com, Frank Gemeinhardt <frank7767@gmail.com>, Filepro_List <filepro-list@lists.celestial.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: Odd FilePRO Question </div><div><br></div></div>The Print Wizard approach I described will work with this, provided there <br>is enough horizontal space.<br><br>Laura, are you involved in this potential project, or just clarifying <br>Frank's requirements?<br><br>On Wed, 16 Feb 2022, laura.k.brody wrote:<br><br>> The goal is to print invoices. There is a normal heading in English. Then<br>> some invoice lines. Those lines would look like this:<br>> <br>> 3 cases. Eggplant [chinese characters] $18.46<br>> 2 cases. Oranges [chinese characters] $12.25<br>> <br>> <br>> Followed by a standard grand total and footer in English <br>> <br>> Laura Brody <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone<br>> <br>> <br>> -------- Original message --------<br>> From: Bob Rasmussen <ras@anzio.com><br>> Date: 2/16/22 7:54 PM (GMT-05:00)<br>> To: laura@hvcomputer.com<br>> Cc: Frank Gemeinhardt <frank7767@gmail.com>, Filepro_List<br>> <filepro-list@lists.celestial.com>, Laura Brody <laura.k.brody@gmail.com><br>> Subject: Re: Odd FilePRO Question<br>> <br>> It's true that Print Wizard (my product) can be used to print Chinese<br>> and many other scripts (languages). Sticking to the printing aspect of<br>> this for a minute, in Filepro, you could store the Chinese text in UTF-8<br>> mode. Alter a printcode file (some HP PCL .PRT file) to have a "start<br>> Chinese font" printcode, and use it. After printing the Chinese, you would<br>> have to use a new start-font code and also a horizontal positioning code<br>> -- the Chinese text will take a width different from the number of bytes.<br>> <br>> If you want to DISPLAY this text on the screen, that's another can of<br>> worms. If it's stored as UTF-8, I believe filePro will display it either<br>> as a string of garbage characters (the default), or properly in Chinese<br>> (if your terminal emulator can run in UTF-8 mode, such as Anzio can), but<br>> the width it occupies on the screen will be wrong.<br>> <br>> If you want to INPUT Chinese directly into filePro, you'll need to use a<br>> terminal emulator that can deal with UTF-8 encoding. Again, Anzio can do<br>> this, including pasting from the clipboard.<br>> <br>> In practical terms, I'd suggest you try printing but not displaying or<br>> inputting.<br>> <br>> Other notes:<br>> <br>> 1) Everything I said about Chinese would be true about most other<br>> languages as well. But don't try Arabic or Farsi, which go right to left.<br>> <br>> 2) Printed Chinese can be "traditional" or "simplified". (Spoken Chinese<br>> can be Cantonese or Mandarin).<br>> <br>> 3) The printcode to "start Chinese" doesn't actually have to choose a font<br>> (typeface). Print Wizard can do automatic font selection.<br>> <br>> 4) Some HP (and other) PCL-5 printers can print Chinese using built-in<br>> fonts. It might be possible to implement a system of printcodes that would<br>> work with either Print Wizard or directly to the printer.<br>> <br>> 5) Print Wizard could also convert printed output to PDF.<br>> <br>> 6) I can not promise to support Print Wizard forever.<br>> <br>> On Wed, 16 Feb 2022, Laura Brody via Filepro-list wrote:<br>> <br>> > I couldn't think of the name of the program, so I dug around. Printwizard<br>> > was the program.<br>> > <https://www.anzio.com/content/print-wizard><br>> ><br>> > Many filePro developers have used this program for many years. Highly<br>> > recommended<br>> ><br>> > Laura Brody<br>> ><br>> > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 4:55 PM laura.k.brody <laura.k.brody@gmail.com><br>> > wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> To clarify, the Chinese characters appear on invoice lines, not just at<br>> >> the heading area like a logo image?<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> You would have to have a filepro file with one field of english<br>> >> description and a gif or other graphic file of the chinese image. You<br>> could<br>> >> use a blob or just a filename path to the image file.<br>> >><br>> >> There are a couple of programs that would allow you to print the images<br>> in<br>> >> the invoice.<br>> >><br>> >> Laura Brody<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> -------- Original message --------<br>> >> From: Frank Gemeinhardt via Filepro-list<br>> <filepro-list@lists.celestial.com><br>> >><br>> >> Date: 2/16/22 4:45 PM (GMT-05:00)<br>> >> To: filepro-list@lists.celestial.com<br>> >> Subject: Odd FilePRO Question<br>> >><br>> >> *I have a prospective customer who insists on printing Chinese characters<br>> >> on his invoices. The vocabulary is limited to names of produce items. <br>> I<br>> >> am at a total loss. *<br>> >><br>> >> *Has anyone encountered such a request before?*<br>> >> *Server is linux*<br>> >><br>> >> *Regards*<br>> >> *Frank Gemeinhardt*<br>> >> -------------- next part --------------<br>> >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> >> URL: <<br>> >>http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20220216/45<br>> 0f74ac/attachment.html<br>> >>><br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> Filepro-list mailing list<br>> >> Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com<br>> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes<br>> >> http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list<br>> >><br>> > -------------- next part --------------<br>> > An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> > URL:<http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20220216/5<br>> 61b408f/attachment.html><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Filepro-list mailing list<br>> > Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com<br>> > Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes<br>> > http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list<br>> ><br>> <br>> Regards,<br>> ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc.<br>> <br>> personal e-mail: ras@anzio.com<br>> company e-mail: rsi@anzio.com<br>> voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time)<br>> fax: (US) 503-624-0760<br>> web: http://www.anzio.com<br>> street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. NEW ADDRESS AS OF AUGUST<br>> 1, 2020<br>> 8835 SW Canyon Lane, Suite 401<br>> Portland, OR 97225 USA<br>> <br>><br><br>Regards,<br>....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc.<br><br>personal e-mail: ras@anzio.com<br> company e-mail: rsi@anzio.com<br> voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time)<br> fax: (US) 503-624-0760<br> web: http://www.anzio.com<br> street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. NEW ADDRESS AS OF AUGUST 1, 2020<br> 8835 SW Canyon Lane, Suite 401<br> Portland, OR 97225 USA</body></html>