The IMultiLanguage Interface
Bill Hall - SimulTrans L.L.C.
Intended Audience: |
Manager, Software Engineer, Systems Analyst |
Session Level: |
Intermediate |
IMultiLanguage is a little-known but very useful COM object on Win32
platforms that provides a variety of language and character
conversion utilities that supplement standard Unicode and code page
support or supply useful new functionality. Targeted originally to
supply additional web support, currently some twenty-five methods are
available ranging from language detection and script enumeration to
conversions between Unicode and code pages not normally supported
including Asian EUC and the 'missing' UTF-7/8 conversions on Windows
95. In this presentation we discuss the supported interfaces, show
how to gain access from Windows and Java, and illustrate its use in
other applications.
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