If you're using NT4 and install the IE4 product that is enabled for Arabic,
then you can use the MultiByteToWideChar and WideCharToMultiByte Win32 APIs
to convert code points from ISO-8859-6 to Unicode then from Unicode to
UTF-8. Use code page numbers 28596 for 8859-6 and 65001 or CP_UTF8 for the
UTF-8 in your API calls. There is a conversion utility called UCONVERT,
along with source code, in the Win32 SDK that will do these types of
conversions.
If you have any troubles, let me know.
Lori Brownell (mailto:loribr@microsoft.com)
Group Program Manager - Windows OS Division
Microsoft Corp.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Flowers [SMTP:Michael.Flowers@digital.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 5:53 AM
> To: Unicode List
> Subject: converters
>
> My name is Michael Flowers, and I work for DIGITAL Equipment, a
> subsidiary of Compaq Computer Corporation. I attended the Unicode
> conference in San Jose, CA this past September, and I was wondering if I
> could find out some information.
>
> A project that I am working on with the US Department of Defense, is
> a dictionary lookup tool in foreign languages. The language they have
> requested first is Arabic. I was wondering if you had any information on
> converters of ISO-8859-6 Arabic text over to UTF-8 encoding? We are using
> the CYBERBIT font from Bitstream, Inc. on our NT machine.
>
> In the future, we would like to convert other dictionaries in other
> languages over to store in our database/lookup tool, hence the need for
> the
> CYBERBIT font. We would like to be able to display the text from multiple
> languages on one page. Thanks in advance for any information you can
> provide.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Michael Flowers
> Technology Consultant
> DIGITAL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Compaq Computer Corporation
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