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Visual Basic 6 with UNICODE
Visual Basic 6 with UNICODE GUI possible with Hexagora controls and classes Out of the box Visual Basic 6 comes without UNICODE support for its controls. Strings in VB6 are already in UNICODE but when it comes to display everything is converted back to ANSI. The Italian Software Vendor Hexagora solves this problem with a [...]
What is little-endian and big-endian?
There are two types of byte-ordering: big- and little-endian. Intel processors use the little-endian order; this means the more significant digits in a number are on the right side. If we write a number like 4711, the most significant digit is 4 (= 4.000) and is on the left side. A BOM (Byte Order Marker) [...]
What is a BOM?
BOM is an acronym for byte-order-mark. BOM describes the order in which a sequence of bytes is stored in computer memory. The acronym is stored at the beginning of a text file to tell the reading application the order in which the bytes are organized, as big-endian or little-endian. BOM also indicates if a character [...]
What is a code page and why is it needed?
Code pages are necessary because ANSI files only have 8 bits to display a character (char). This means there are only 256 possible characters–not nearly enough for all languages of the world. The American charset needs only 128 different chars = 7-bit. Because 7-bit was a bit inefficient for computers, this led to the need [...]
Merry Christmas
A Merry Christmas to all our visitors! We will be back with more articles around Sisulizer on the 28th.
Create Additional Income Streams for Your Software
Create Additional Income Streams for your Software Software developers and publishers across the globe are being hurt by today’s economic downturn. One way to cope with today’s challenging economy is to open new markets for your existing applications. Translation can extend the reach of your software to other countries. By translating, say, the English version [...]
