Font and Keyboard Translation Table Files

In addition to translating text into multiple spoken languages, the VIP product suite supports host to font and keyboard to host translation table files. The translation files are simple ASCII text files that may be maintained with Notepad or any text file editor. VIP also supports the .trn files distributed with the international versions of DynaComm.

Translation table files must be located in the vip-data-path/Scripts folder.

• They can have any name and any extension however the .trn extension is recommended.

• Add the following to the [TBC] section of your Tbred.ini file.

  [TBC]
  translatefile = file-name.trn

Note

The following characters cannot be translated when using VIP for Dictionary-IV or TS ReportServer:
c, *, A through Z, or 0 through 9
These characters are reserved for internal use for host/workstation communication.

A translation table file is made up of three sections: Configuration, Host to Font, and Keyboard to Host.

The Configuration section defines what notation is used for the translation table. Valid entries are: HEX, DECIMAL, and CHAR. For example:

[Configuration]
Notation=HEX

The Host to Font section controls how characters are displayed. For example, a German translation table might contain the following entries:

[Host to Font]
5C=D6
5D=DC

The Keyboard to Host section controls how characters are sent to the host. For example, a German translation table might contain the following entries:

D6=5C
DC=5D

The Windows environment controls the language you use in standard Windows communications. Use Windows to change a character set to anything other than the default Times Roman.

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