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Abstract

A Case Study on Unicode Integration: Microsoft' Visual Basic, version 3.0 to version 7.0

Michael Kaplan - Trigeminal Software, Inc.

Intended Audience: Managers, Software Engineers, Systems Analysts, Marketers, Content Developers, Font Designers, Technical Writers
Session Level: Beginner

Visual Basic is Microsoft's most popular development platform, and they currently claim 3 million developers are using it. Since version 4.0, it has integrated Unicode, but there have always been issues with what they implemented for developers. It actually makes VB a perfect case study for what happens when you do not consider all of the issues that are important when adding Unicode support to a software product.

Specific issues with how Unicode is used (and not used) in VB are highlighted, for all versions 3.0 through the new VB.NET, which finally solves many (but not all!) of the issues. In the end, you will understand both how to get things working properly in VB, and how to avoid the same issues in your own applications.


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