Projector won't run on asian computers

Question

I've done a Director MX 2004 v10.1 projector using linked
casts, embedded fonts (just the standards like Arial, Winding) and
xtras like BuddyApi v3.76, Tabuleiro's MpegAdvanced v1.5.2 and
StarsoftMultimedia's DisplayMode v3.0. The projector was compiled
on a Western Europe system, every anti-aliased text was embedded
into Director first and the projector was successfully tested on
many different computers in Europe and America. But unfortunately
if users in Japan or other Aisan countries are trying to start the
projector they get different kinds of error: the message "access
refused", the start screen (projector.bmp) is shown for a second
and then nothing happens or the projector freezes. They all are
using Win XP including ServicecPack 2.
I tried to send those users the fonts used in Director, which
they installed on their system before running the projector. But
this didn't work as well.
Are there any known issues using Director in asian countries.
Could the problems result in the aisan character set. Has anybody
experience with projectors of Director MX 2004 on asian windows
systems?
I don't have the faintest idea what could solve my problem.
So i am (and also my job ;-) is) depending on your experience and
know-how!!! Thanks!

Answer 1

If you are using any extended characters (>127), then
that's most probably
the reason.
Asian languages use mbcs, in which certain sequences of two
bytes map to
single character.
Because of that, charToNum and related functions work
differently -and much
slower- on asian systems.
For more on encodings, you can have a look at:
http://xtrema.rtr.gr/cArti/?trg=0
Note that the beta version of the Xtra on the site has
expired (if you want
to try it, turn your clock back a couple of months). A new
version, that
will include a text member supporting unicode text, asian and
rtl languages
(+much more) is being developed, and expected to be availabe
for testing
within the month.
If you need help with your project, you can use the mail that
can be found
at the site to contact me.
"jdvav" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've done a Director MX 2004 v10.1 projector using
linked casts, embedded
> fonts
> (just the standards like Arial, Winding) and xtras like
BuddyApi v3.76,
> Tabuleiro's MpegAdvanced v1.5.2 and StarsoftMultimedia's
DisplayMode v3.0.
> The
> projector was compiled on a Western Europe system, every
anti-aliased text
> was
> embedded into Director first and the projector was
successfully tested on
> many
> different computers in Europe and America. But
unfortunately if users in
> Japan
> or other Aisan countries are trying to start the
projector they get
> different
> kinds of error: the message "access refused", the start
screen
> (projector.bmp)
> is shown for a second and then nothing happens or the
projector freezes.
> They
> all are using Win XP including ServicecPack 2.
>
> I tried to send those users the fonts used in Director,
which they
> installed
> on their system before running the projector. But this
didn't work as
> well.
>
> Are there any known issues using Director in asian
countries. Could the
> problems result in the aisan character set. Has anybody
experience with
> projectors of Director MX 2004 on asian windows systems?
>
> I don't have the faintest idea what could solve my
problem. So i am (and
> also
> my job ;-) is) depending on your experience and
know-how!!! Thanks!
>