[ABD v8i SS5 Native C] Querying multi-byte languages from database

Sedat Alis said:

But for multi-byte languages like Japanese, Korean and Arabic, we need the query result as MSWChar data type

The V8 APIs provide poor support for Unicode: in contrast, CONNECT is almost entirely Unicode.

Here's an article about the various MDL text types, in the MicroStation V8i SDK, and some suggestions to convert between them.

Sedat Alis said:

v8i SS5

MicroStation SELECT Series 4 (SS4) progressed directly to SS10, without passing GO or any of the intermediate numbers.  What's SS5?

Sedat Alis said:

But for multi-byte languages like Japanese, Korean and Arabic, we need the query result as MSWChar data type

The V8 APIs provide poor support for Unicode: in contrast, CONNECT is almost entirely Unicode.

Here's an article about the various MDL text types, in the MicroStation V8i SDK, and some suggestions to convert between them.

Sedat Alis said:

v8i SS5

MicroStation SELECT Series 4 (SS4) progressed directly to SS10, without passing GO or any of the intermediate numbers.  What's SS5?

Jon Summers said:

MicroStation SELECT Series 4 (SS4) progressed directly to SS10, without passing GO or any of the intermediate numbers.  What's SS5?

It is AECOsim Building Designer v8i SS5. :) I updated the subject. Thanks.

Jon Summers said:

The V8 APIs provide poor support for Unicode: in contract, CONNECT is almost entirely Unicode.

Thank you but I need it on ABD vi SS5. There must be a way to query multi-byte characters from database because  AFAIK Japanese and Korean versions of the application exist.

Sedat Alis said:

There must be a way to query multi-byte characters from database because  AFAIK Japanese and Korean versions of the application exist.

A question is whether Bentley implemented such support using classic MDL API or these applications have own SQL interface parallel to existing one, implemented using C++ library or NET API.

With regards,

  Jan