Keyboard character set?

Is there any site that provides (screen shots, table, ...) the full listing of available characters on the Touch's keyboard?

To find out what is actually being sent, stop using a Swing application to do that. (You're right, you want to avoid the conversion of bytes to chars which is happening.)
Write a command line application which reads bytes from System.in and displays the values of those bytes. Don't convert them to chars in any way. Then run it and use the wedge to scan your data. You might have to press the Enter key to get System.in's buffer sent to your code.

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Show Keyboard & Character Viewers setting not working

I like to have access to the Keyboard and Character Viewers in the menu bar; however, the setting on my new MacBook does not work. I have checked the "Show Keyboard & Character Viewers in menu bar" many times and it unchecks itself as soon as I leave the Keyboard tab of the Keyboard setttings in System Preferences.
Could a preference file be corrupted? (I migrated data from my old MacBook (OS 10.7) to my new MacBook (10.9). Perhaps this has something to do with the problem?)
Or, is there a command line way to show the preference that might stick better than the checkbox in the System Preferences?
Any insights would be appreciated.
Thanks,
-Robert.

BikerBob wrote:
The Input Sources menu has to be enabled to show the Keyboard & Character Views menu, which appears under the Input Sources menu. This was not the case in Mac OS 10.7, which I was previously using.
However, it is odd that the Keyboard & Character Views option is not greyed out in the Keyboard tab when the Input Sources menu is not enabled.
Indeed, the way Apple has done this in Mavericks seems both odd and cumbersome. I think it would be worth telling them so at
http://www.apple.com/feedback
The official instructions assume you have already enabled the input sources menu:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13746

Magnetic Swipe (Keyboard wedge) character set problems

Hi,
I'm writing an app that handles scanner and mag stripe input into a JTextField, the scanner works fine, the wedge has some character set/encoding problems
Windows XP, both USB, and both work fine in notepad etc. the wedge doesn't even present the same data on each scan (simple numeric codes with ; start and ? end chars)
eg. ;123456? reads fine in notepad but in my app, and a few other unrelated java apps i used for test purposes, i get strings like the following:-
W“|‡4*?
;“|3456?
;“|‡4¥—
SSÓ234*É
all the same card, which scans into this window correctly as ;123456?
it almost gets it right sometimes which makes me think java is chopping the bits into the wrong length to encode as characters, or something like that??
i tried subclassing the JTextField (snippet appended) and overriding the insertString function in the doc but it didn't work, i think because this is after the problem's occured.
Has anyone managed to get a wedge working in java? or have any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Mark
protected Document createDefaultModel()
return new ASCIIDocument();
static class ASCIIDocument extends PlainDocument
public void insertString(int offs, String str, AttributeSet a) throws BadLocationException
if (str == null)
return;
try{
String str2=new String(str.getBytes(),"UTF-8"); // and various others, ascii, iso8859, etc
super.insertString(offs,str, a);
}catch (Exception e){}
...

To find out what is actually being sent, stop using a Swing application to do that. (You're right, you want to avoid the conversion of bytes to chars which is happening.)
Write a command line application which reads bytes from System.in and displays the values of those bytes. Don't convert them to chars in any way. Then run it and use the wedge to scan your data. You might have to press the Enter key to get System.in's buffer sent to your code.

HOW can I enter text using Japanese character sets?

The "Text, Plates, Insets" section of the LOOKOUT(6.01) Help files states:
"Click the » button to the right of the Text field to expand the field for multiple line entries. You can enter text using international character sets such as Chinese, Korean, and Japanese."
Can someone please explain HOW to do this? Note, I have NO problem inputting Hirigana, Katakana, and Kanji into MS WORD; the keyboard emulates the Japanese layout and characters (Romaji is default) and the IME works fine converting Romaji, and I can also select charcters directly from the IME Pad. I have tried several different fonts with success and am currently using MS UI Gothic.ttf as default. Again, everything is normal and working in a predictable manner within Word.
I cannot get these texts into Lookout. I can't cut/paste from HTML pages or from text editors, even though both display properly. Within Lookout with JP selected as language/keyboard, when trying to type directly into the text field, the IME CORRECTLY displays Hirigana until <enter> is pressed, at which point all text reverts to question marks (?? ???? ? ?????). If I use the IME Pad, it does pretty much the same. I managed to get the "Yen" symbol to display, though, if that's relevant. As I said, font selected (in text/plate font options) is MS UI Gothic with Japanese as the selected script. Oddly enough, at this point the "sample" window is showing me the exact Hirigana character I want displayed in Lookout, but it won't. I've also tried staying in English and copying unicode characters from the Windows Character Map. Same results (Yen sign works, Hirigana WON'T).
Help me!
JW_Tech

JW_Tech,
Have you changed the regional setting to Japanese?
Doug M
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
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Foreign character sets in a database

I am developing a site where people in many countries (mainly
Scandinavian) can log on and update their pages. The information,
(including passwords and usernames) is stored in an access
database. I am using Access because I have no knowledge of PHP /
SQL, and the site is unlikely to exceed the limitations of Access
for a few years.
Does Access change the format of text, or do I have to set up
some special encoding? I find that if I type in the username and
password using an english keyboard, when the original was set up
using a foreign keyboard I cannot log in. The reverse also applies.
I am using CS3 in default mode - using utf8. Should I be using
Westren European encoding, or is Access the fly in the ointment?
Or is it likely to be another problem.
Howard Walker

Hello,
Specifying the character set for a WebLogic webservice (see:
http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs81/webserv/i18n.html#1069629) is one of the
many enhancements made since the 6.1 release. If possible, the best
solution for your webservice development would be to upgrade.
Bruce
"özkan Demir" wrote:
>
Hi all;
I am developing RPC style webservices on weblogic server 6.1 with service pack
2.
I have a problem about character sets. I have to turkish language so that the
character sets must be ISO-8859-9. But the soap messages are default UTF-8 so
that turkish characters becomes undetermined.
Is there a way that I can send soap messages in ISO-8859-9 character set or what
do I have to solve the problem of turkish characters between the client and the
server applications with webservices...Please Help!
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Characters in character set

My 9i database character set is WE8DEC
Is there any documentation or a way where I can see all the characters supported by this character set ? I am more interested in special characters, as what is happening is that when we insert a specific special character(that cannot be typed by a keyboard), it is being inserted and stored as a different one.
Hence I am trying to find out what's there and the limitations
Thanks

insert into apxl_appl_xcptn_log (APXL_LOG_ID,APXL_SRVR_NM) values(12212,'a’a');
1 ROW INSERTED
select * from apxl_appl_xcptn_log where APXL_LOG_ID = '12212'
12212 a¿a
’ is not being inserted whereas ¿ is what is being inserted.
select ascii('’') from dual;
gives me
191
whereas
select chr(191) from dual ;
gives me
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Build new database through scripts must understand spanish character sets.

Hello Gurus,
I need some simple advice, a good chance for some quick points for you.
I have never built a database to understand any other character set other than American English. I now have to build a database that will be used for Spanish characters- keyboards, etc. But I will be using English for the 11g software install. I only wish to be able to show Spanish characters in the data for customers names.
I will be creating the database with scripts I have made to make the standard template for database files, control files, etc.
Then I will be importing from a dump I have done that was made with American English character sets.
System is 11g (11.2.0.3.0) on Linux Enterprise Server 5.8.
I was thinking to use the AL32UTF8 character set, but I am unsure where to use it.
My original test did not show Spanish characters for customers names like the 'tilda' or 'sueano' (pardon my spelling). But in this case I did not make the exeception for Spanish, I only used the standard American English build (no changes in the init.ora file or initial database build script).
How can I adjust my parameter file for the initial creation of the database template to be able to understand the Spanish character set and still be able to import my dump file without error.
EXAMPLE of a build script:
CREATE DATABASE mynewdb
USER SYS IDENTIFIED BY sys_password
USER SYSTEM IDENTIFIED BY system_password
LOGFILE GROUP 1 ('/u01/app/oracle/oradata/mynewdb/redo01.log') SIZE 100M,
GROUP 2 ('/u01/app/oracle/oradata/mynewdb/redo02.log') SIZE 100M,
GROUP 3 ('/u01/app/oracle/oradata/mynewdb/redo03.log') SIZE 100M
MAXLOGFILES 5
MAXLOGMEMBERS 5
MAXLOGHISTORY 1
MAXDATAFILES 100
CHARACTER SET US7ASCII
NATIONAL CHARACTER SET AL16UTF16
If I replace NATIONAL CHARACTER SET AL16UTF16 to AL32UTF8 will it work to show Spanish characters?
Sorry for the long winded question, any advice will be great.
Thankfully,
Shawn

Hello,
the national charsets is for column types like nvarchar not for normal varchar data types. So if your dump file contains such column types you will also need to set it. The charset is for the normal column types like varchar. The use of unicode is best pratice if you use multiel language, but keep in mind that multibyte charset can be a problem during the import because varchar2(10) means 10byte and not 10 chars, so errors like identifier to long can occur during import.
You can create the database.
Check this documentation:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28298/ch2charset.htm
You can use a charset like WE8MSWIN1252 which covers spanish also (as far i know) and is a superset to us7ascii
regards
Peter

Storing a Non Printable -from keyboard- Character in Varchar2 Column

Hi,
I want to store a non-printable character in a varchar2 column. This character should be non-printable -from keyboard- for all character sets -or very difficult to print from keyboard-. It doesn't matter, whether it can be displayed on screen or not. It does matter INSTR function returns the character position of that character. It should be able to import export data without any problem for any NLS specific operating environment. For example, I plan to use chr(1) do you think it's appropriate? I appreciate your helps.
Best Regards,
Salim

What is the business requirement you're trying to satisfy?
If your database character set is based on ASCII, CHR(1) (the Start of Header) character is likely to be transferred between systems without character set conversion. Non-ASCII character sets (i.e. Big5 for Chinese data) don't necessarily share the same control characters, though, and generally won't have the same binary representation of an ASCII control character (so CHR(1) in a non-ASCII based database wouldn't necessarily return the same character that CHR(1) would in an ASCII based database).
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Keyboard character repeat delay

I have JDK 5 Update 4. Does anybody have an idea on how to access the keyboard character repeat delay and repeat rate?
I want to shorten the delay and possibly the repeat rate. Is there a way to get the keyboard and it's properties somehow?

lol I delt with the same issue while making a galaxian clone.
I wanted to completely get rid of the delay and make the repeat rate equal to as fast as java could execute it (meaning assume that it repeats every single time the paint() method gets executed).
for instance, if I want the ship to move left and keep moving left (meaning no delay and incredibly fast repeat rate), I did this:
inside my KeyListener I have boolean Left. inside keyPressed, I have a switch statement that, if the left key is pressed, sets Left to true. inside my paint() method, I check to see if myKeyListener.Left == true. if it does, I move my ship to the left. inside of keyReleased I have a switch that sets Left to false. therefore, there is no delay at all between the key being pressed and the ship moving, and so long as you hold the key down, the ship keeps moving over at a constant rate that has absolutely nothing to do with the repeat rate of the KeyListener. hacking into the OS is way unnecessary.
if you want there to be a significant delay (the way my firing of bullets does), then do this
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//the code necessary to shoot a bullet
milliSec = System.currentTimeMillis()
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International Character Set Variable Assignment

I am fairly new to AppleScript, and would appreciate your help. I have an AppleScript that accepts numeric input from a user, e.g.:
display dialog "Please enter a number" default answer foo
if button returned of result is "OK" then
try
set interval to (text returned of result as string) as number
on error
display dialog "Whoops"
end try
This code works fine for EN-US users. However, for users with keyboards set to international character sets, the variable "interval" will not be defined. The problem is that these users are inputting in a character set that AppleScript is not recognizing as numeric, as far as I can tell.
I have been unable to find a solution for these international users, after much searching and trial.
I have tried the following:
- Casting as UTF8, e.g. "as «class utf8»"
- Casting as string, numeric, etc.
I would like to do this within AppleScript if possible (i.e. not use shell script). However, if shell script is necessary (e.g. iconv) that will be OK. Can anyone point me at a solution? Thank you in advance.

Two things... It sometimes helps to decompose complex statements into separate lines; break up the set interval ... line into one step that gets the text and and another that converts it to a number. Also, try using real rather than number. Number is intended as an abstract class, and applescript may be having a problem deciding whether to cast odd unicode to real or integer. A script with both changes looks like so:
set theResult to display dialog "Please enter a number" default answer foo
set interval to (text returned of theResult)
if button returned of theResult is "OK" then
          try
                    set interval to interval as real
          on error
                    display dialog "Whoops"
          end try
end if
Also (just to be sure) in your original script if you press a button other than "Ok" interval is never defined at all, so in your error block you either need to set interval to a default value or add a return command to exit the script.

ORA-12712 error while changing nls character set to AL32UTF8

Hi,
It is strongly recommend to use database character set AL32UTF8 when ever a database is going to used with our XML capabilities. The database character set in the installed DB is WE8MSWIN1252. For making use of XML DB features, I need to change it to AL32UTF8. But, when I try doing this, I'm getting ORA-12712: new character set must be a superset of old character set. Is there a way to solve this issue?
Thanks in advance,
Divya.

Hi,
a change from we8mswin1252 to al32utf8 is not directly possible. This is because al32utf is not a binary superset of we8mswin1252.
There are 2 options:
- use full export and import
- Use of the Alter in a sort of restricted way
The method you can choose depends on the characters in the database, is it only ASCII then the second one can work, in other cases the first one is needed.
It is all described in the Support Note 260192.1, "Changing the NLS_CHARACTERSET to AL32UTF8 / UTF8 (Unicode)". Get it from the support/metalink site.
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Oracle 8.1.5 install on Linux Redhat 6.0: character set (and other) problem(s)

I am trying to install Oracle 8i on Linux and it does not work : once the install is finished, I have a message saying that "Character Set not found".
I am runing a french version of Linux (fr-latin 1) and I try to install Oracle with French and English as languages
An other problem about this install : Oracle does not seem to recognize that I have 6,9 Giga for it to install, and says that I have not enough space for the install...
And at the end of the install, it takes for ages (about 15mns) during which nothing seems to happen. On one machine I got out of this phase, but on the other I never saw it finish, it looks as if the computer crashed. Is that normal?
I went through all the initialization phases, set the correct environment variables...
thanks
Solange
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I've been dealing with the same problems in the english version but could bypass thiss by doing the folowing.
-Just ignore the disk space stuff
-Ignore the charset message, also
-When creating a database, choose custom and then select the WE8ISO8859P1 char set. It worked for portuguese, must work for french also.
-Everyone here recommended, and I do the same, leave the database creation for later, not during instalation.
Good Luck!

The ADO NET Source was unable to process the data. ORA-64203: Destination buffer too small to hold CLOB data after character set conversion.

We developed a SSIS Package to pull the data From Oracle source to Sql Server 2012. Here we used ADO.Net source to pull the records from Source but getting the below error after pulling some 40K records.
[ADO NET Source [2]] Error: The ADO NET Source was unable to process the data. ORA-64203: Destination buffer too small to hold CLOB data after character set conversion.
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The component returned a failure code when the pipeline engine called PrimeOutput().
The meaning of the failure code is defined by the component,
but the error is fatal and the pipeline stopped executing.
There may be error messages posted before this with more
information about the failure.
Anything that we can do to fix this?

Hi,
Tried both....
* Having schema type as Nvarchar(max). - Getting the same error.
* Instead of ADO.Net Source used OLEDB Source with driver as " Oracle Provide for OLE DB" Getting error as below.
[OLE DB Source [478]] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005.
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code when the pipeline engine called PrimeOutput(). The meaning of the failure code is defined by the component, but the error is fatal and the pipeline stopped executing. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the
failure.
Additional Info:
* Here the Source task is getting failed not the conversion or destination task.
Thanks,
Loganathan A.

Message uses a character set that is not supported by the internet service

Does any one have any advice on how to fix this problem?
E-mails sent from my iphone 3G periodically arrive in an unreadable form at the recipient. The body of the e-mail has been replaced with the message "This message uses a character set that is not supported by the internet service...." The problem e-mails also include an attachment that contains an unformatted text file containing the original message surrounded by what appears to be lots of formatting data that is displayed as gibberish.
This occurs sometimes, but not always, even with the same recipients. I am sending e-mail through a G-mail account that is configured on the iphone using IMAP. I have tried the gmail account to use the two available formatting options for mail, but neither fixes the problem.
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I got somewhat similar problem with special charecters(German umlaud �,�,�..).
I create a file with java having special charecters in it. Now if I open this file I am able to view the special charecters in it.But If I attach this file send it using following code then receiver can not see the umlaud charecters in it.They get replaced by _ or ?
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msg.setContent(mp);
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From you message it looks like you are able to send the mail attachment correctly(by preserving special charecters).
Can you tell me what might be wrong in my code.
I appriciate your efforts in advance.
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Oracle XE and character set

Hello all,
I installed Oracle XE on RHEL 4 Linux and I found out that database character set is AL32UTF8. Does anyone know why oracle choose this character set? Maybe because of NLS_LANG env variable? Is it possible to change it to EE8ISO8859P2? Since database is still empty I can drop it and crate new database.
Do you think it is possible to set some env variables and do new oracle xe instalation including database with iso charset?
I want to have EE8ISO8859P2 charset because of doing exp/imp from another oracle iso db to oracle xe and it is much easier to do this without charset conversion.
Any help will be appreciated.
regards,
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When you download XE, you have a choice - take the 'western european' character set download, or the 'unicode' download.
No other choices.
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