[mapguide-users] Cyrillic alphabet/Encoding problem

milko_velichkov milko_do at abv.bg
Fri Oct 24 07:56:36 EDT 2008


I'm using ajaxviewer with FlexibleWebLayouts, but not sure that's the problem
coming from.


nisha p wrote:
> 
> is it use ajaxviewer or dwfviewer?if it is ajaxviewer then how can i get
> that type of map in the interface??
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Stefan Dalakov
> <s.dalakov at mapware.net>wrote:
> 
>> I would suggest that the data in the SHP file is encoded using the
>> so-called DOS-cyrillic code page. I do not remember now the exact
>> code-page
>> name, but I can come back to this later. At least this works in my case.
>> Have a look at http://www.bgmapguide.com/mapguide/rila/rila.php , it is
>> using mgos 1.2 but I don't think this makes any difference.
>>
>> Stefan Dalakov
>>
>>
>> milko_velichkov wrote:
>>
>>> Unfortunately that's doesn't work in my case :(
>>> http://www.nabble.com/file/p20144623/t.jpeg
>>>
>>> Traian Stanev wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yes, SHP files and encodings is trouble... You can try to force the
>>>> encoding to UTF-8 by adding a .CPG file alongside your SHP file (with
>>>> the
>>>> same filename as the .SHP). The contents should be a single line of
>>>> text,
>>>> saying "UTF-8", without the quotes. This will hint the FDO provider for
>>>> SHP files to use that encoding. No guarantee that would fix it
>>>> though...
>>>>
>>>> Another thing you can do to identify the cause of the problem is try to
>>>> use a constant Cyrillic string as a label for your geometry. If that
>>>> shows
>>>> up fine in MapGuide, then the problem is upstream (in the FDO
>>>> provider),
>>>> otherwise it's a problem in the MapGuide code.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Traian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapguide-users-
>>>>> bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of milko_velichkov
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:32 AM
>>>>> To: mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>> Subject: RE: [mapguide-users] Cyrillic alphabet/Encoding problem
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Under "Selection" tab, when I have attribute information in Cyrillic
>>>>> from a
>>>>> SHP data source, they appear like маймуница :). Same with all labels
>>>>> within
>>>>> the Map window. Encoding used by default is UTF-8 (I don't have an
>>>>> idea
>>>>> how
>>>>> to change it within the MapGuide environment).
>>>>>
>>>>> Milko
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Traian Stanev wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> What exactly is the problem you are seeing? Also, are you using
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Unicode or
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> some other encoding for the Cyrillic in your data source?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Traian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapguide-users-
>>>>>>> bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of milko_velichkov
>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:26 AM
>>>>>>> To: mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>>>> Subject: [mapguide-users] Cyrillic alphabet/Encoding problem
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> Did anyone else has a problem with the visualization/encoding of
>>>>>>> Cyrillic
>>>>>>> letters when selecting features from within MapGuide?
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cyrillic-
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> alphabet-
>>>>>
>>>>>
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