Chinese font names via AutoLISP

[martti.halminen]

I am trying to set up a text style for Chinese text using the SimSun font via AutoLISP.

Using an European Windows 7, english-language AcadM 2012, no problem:

(vl-cmdf "-STYLE" "zh-CN03_5" "SimSun" 3.5 0.9 0 "No" "No")

But, when trying to run the program in China, the same font isn't named SimSun, it is

"宋体"

[whatever this web software shows about that. Two kanji characters.]

Trying

(vl-cmdf "-STYLE" "zh-CN03_5" "\U+5B8B\U+4F53" 3.5 0.9 0 "No" "No")

doesn't work.

- Trying to paste the characters directly to VLIDE just produces ASCII 183 for both characters.

- Pasting the text in another editor to the program and saving it in UTF-8 or UTF-16 produces files that the AutoLISP compiler won't accept.

So, any ideas on how this should be done?

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[3wood]

Try

(vl-cmdf "-STYLE" "zh-CN03_5" "宋体" 3.5 0.9 0 "No" "No")

[martti.halminen]

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@3wood wrote:

Try

(vl-cmdf "-STYLE" "zh-CN03_5" "宋体" 3.5 0.9 0 "No" "No")

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Works typed from the command line, but how do I get that through the compiler to be part of a program?

[3wood]

I don't have Chinese version to test.

But you can try the combination of followings:

1. Set your Windows "Language for non-Unicode programs" to "Chinese (Simplified)"

2. Edit the program in Notepad and save the file as an Unicode file.

3. Edit the program in Vlisp editor after Step 1

4. Edit the program in AutoCAD Chinese version under Windows Chinese version

5. Edit the program in AutoCAD English version under Windows Chinese version (I've never tested this one, just a guess)

[martti.halminen]

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@3wood wrote:

I don't have Chinese version to test.

But you can try the combination of followings:

1. Set your Windows "Language for non-Unicode programs" to "Chinese (Simplified)"

2. Edit the program in Notepad and save the file as an Unicode file.

3. Edit the program in Vlisp editor after Step 1

4. Edit the program in AutoCAD Chinese version under Windows Chinese version

5. Edit the program in AutoCAD English version under Windows Chinese version (I've never tested this one, just a guess)

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Thank you for the ideas, but not much success:

1. This is part of a Lisp program containing about 28000 strings, most of those in european languages. This would clobber all those, as well as a few other programs we are running. This crashes our program

2. The compiler doesn't like that:

.
; error: bad character read (octal): 0
; Make aborted, fatal errors found.

- the same also with UTF-8 and UTF-16.

3. see 1.

4. Our Chinese factory is running english-language AutoCAD

5. This is rather painful, as I don't read chinese, and we have no Chinese machines here. I'll probably have to try this over a remote connection next 😞

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