Running a non-Unicode application

If the translation looks right in Lingobit Localizer but the localized application shows wrong characters, the application probably does not use Unicode. A non-Unicode application displays text in the code page of the Windows system locale.

To test it, set the system locale to the target language: in Windows Settings, open the administrative language settings and change the language for non-Unicode programs. Windows asks you to restart.

Your users with another system locale will have the same problem. For an application that is translated into several languages, Unicode support is the reliable solution.

Some East Asian languages also need fonts that are not installed by default.

Some resources are stored in an ANSI encoding even in Unicode applications, for example DLGINIT strings of combo boxes. Create Localized Files reports characters that cannot be written in such resources. See Create Localized Files.