[mapguide-users] Display malayalam in the map

sreejith R sreejithrivkl at gmail.com
Wed Jul 22 00:09:00 EDT 2009


Dear Dave,

Thank you for your valuable advice.

Thanking you,
Sreejith.R

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Dave Wilson <dave.wilson at autodesk.com>wrote:

>  There is a MySQL provider as well you could use. The problem is still
> similar. You need to have the required font support (code page/language
> stuff) installed on the server.
>
>
>
> If you don't have a .cpg file you could create it by simply Googling the
> codepage for your language and saving the value (just the code that's it) in
> a file called .cpg. I suspect this isn't the problem. It's more likely the
> font being used to display the characters. Try using MS Gothic or P Gothic.
> That works for most Asian fonts.
>
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> *From:* mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *sreejith R
> *Sent:* Monday, July 20, 2009 10:54 PM
> *To:* MapGuide Users Mail List
> *Subject:* Re: [mapguide-users] Display malayalam in the map
>
>
>
> Dear Dave,
>
> I want to desplay Malayalam font of places that read from my MySQL
> database.I enter the unicode of that places in the table. I converted this
> table into .csv format and then convetred that into shape file.After
> conversion I got files with extensions .dbf,.sbx,.sbn.shp,.shx. There is no
> .cpg  file.  Is there any way to connect the mysql table to the map directly
> to display malayalam or any other way for that? Please help me...
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Dave Wilson <dave.wilson at autodesk.com>
> wrote:
>
> The font you need must be installed on the MapGuide server machine for this
> to work. There may also be a .cpg file with the .shp file which indicates
> the codepage. You might check this codepage/associated language files are
> installed on your MapGuide server machine as well. On Windows this is under
> Regional Settings.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> *From:* mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *sreejith R
> *Sent:* Monday, July 20, 2009 2:47 AM
> *To:* MapGuide Users Mail List
> *Subject:* [mapguide-users] Display malayalam in the map
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have doubt.How to display malayalam font in the map.I have shape file
> that contain malayalam unicode.Can I create a map using this shape file that
> displays malayalam in the map. Anybody know this,please help me.
>
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