Hindi numbers in Graphics class

[grawsha2000]

Hi,

Is there a way to force Graphics.drawst ring() method to display Hindi
numbers when printing?

I changed the locale settings of the Regional Options to an Arabic
lang. but no luck.
MTIA,
Grawsha

[Larry Lard]

gr*********@yah oo.com wrote:

Hi,

Is there a way to force Graphics.drawst ring() method to display Hindi
numbers when printing?

Just ask it to. The Devanagari numerals are unicode characters 0966
through 096F. Be sure to use a font that contains these characters,
such as Arial Unicode. Example: Create a new Windows Forms app, put a
picturebox on the form, add this code:

Private Sub PictureBox1_Pai nt(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.Windows. Forms.PaintEven tArgs) _
Handles PictureBox1.Pai nt

Dim deva_digits As Char() = New Char(9) {}
For i As Integer = 0 To 9
deva_digits(i) = ChrW(&H966 + i)
Next

Dim output As String = deva_digits(1) & deva_digits(2) & _
deva_digits(3) & "+" & deva_digits(4) & deva_digits(5) & _
deva_digits(6) & "=" & deva_digits(5) & deva_digits(7) & _
deva_digits(9)

Using unifont As Font = New Font("Arial Unicode", 14)
With e.Graphics
.DrawString(out put, unifont, Brushes.Black, 0, 0)
End With
End Using
End Sub

I changed the locale settings of the Regional Options to an Arabic
lang. but no luck.

If what you actually mean is that you want to produce Devanagari digits
when output characters "0" through "9", I suspect this isn't going to
happen.

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[alsaleha]

gr*********@yah oo.com wrote:

Hi,

Is there a way to force Graphics.drawst ring() method to display Hindi
numbers when printing?

I changed the locale settings of the Regional Options to an Arabic
lang. but no luck.
MTIA,
Grawsha

Hello Grawsha,

Do this:

imports system.globaliz ation
imports system.drawing

Dim sf as new stringformat
Dim hd as new cultureinfo("ar-SA") 'just select any arabic culture

sf.setdigitsubs titution(hd.lci d,stringdigitsu bstitute.nation al)

yourGraphicObje ct.graphics.dra wstring(string, font,brush,x,y, sf)
HTH,
Adel Al-saleh

[Larry Lard]

al******@hotmai l.com wrote:

gr*********@yah oo.com wrote:

Hi,

Is there a way to force Graphics.drawst ring() method to display Hindi
numbers when printing?

I changed the locale settings of the Regional Options to an Arabic
lang. but no luck.
MTIA,
Grawsha

Hello Grawsha,

Do this:

imports system.globaliz ation
imports system.drawing

Dim sf as new stringformat
Dim hd as new cultureinfo("ar-SA") 'just select any arabic culture

sf.setdigitsubs titution(hd.lci d,stringdigitsu bstitute.nation al)

Wow, that's pretty cool. Thanks for that!

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Larry Lard
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[alsaleha]

Larry Lard wrote:

al******@hotmai l.com wrote:

gr*********@yah oo.com wrote:

Hi,
>
Is there a way to force Graphics.drawst ring() method to display Hindi
numbers when printing?
>
I changed the locale settings of the Regional Options to an Arabic
lang. but no luck.
>
>
MTIA,
Grawsha

Hello Grawsha,

Do this:

imports system.globaliz ation
imports system.drawing

Dim sf as new stringformat
Dim hd as new cultureinfo("ar-SA") 'just select any arabic culture

sf.setdigitsubs titution(hd.lci d,stringdigitsu bstitute.nation al)

Wow, that's pretty cool. Thanks for that!

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Larry Lard
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Hello Larry,

Well, Thanks to the guyes at Microsoft for bringing good things to us,
developers.

Adel Al-saleh