OS language settings break CVI code

Question

I'm developing software that requires support for chinese language, I've followed the instructions to change this settings for LabVIEW 8.6 (http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/91A1863834F4B1A0862575670067D15C) and TestStand 4.1 (http://forums.ni.com/t5/NI-TestStand/Operator-interface-Chinese-language-support/m-p/375100) but I haven't been able to find information on how to do this in CVI 8.5.
When I enable the support for characters in Chinese on my XP machine and I open the CVI files they are shown like this:
What do I need to do to get this working?
Thanks!
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CLA - CTA

Answer 1

Hi Nick,
I created a simplified function in my driver just to show how it breaks, I'm attaching the source code and a VI I'm using to test this.
My machine settings are initially in English so I can compile the code. Within the attached project I created a function called tktds8k_SetDataStartNIExample function that runs regardless of wheter you have an instrument or not. Within this function all I'm doing in sending a command using:
sprintf(buffer,"DATATARt %d",0);
Using the _tktds8k ExampleNI.vi VI I run the function and take look at what is sent with NISpy, and this is what I see:
Then I change the language settings to Chinese and run the same VI and this is what I see:
In production test run I get errors along the lines of passing toom any arguments to a function.
Regarding the CVI editor, I was under the impression that Idea Exchange was a feature request portal and to me this is a very serious defect in the software... there no guarantee the IDE will work in a multibyte environment for which we are buying dozens of licenses as part of the NI Developer Suite. Would you agree with this?
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Attachments:
NIExampleCN-EN.zip ‏477 KB