OT: HTML Help Related Topics control and character

[Jim Owens]

Jeremy has provided information about SBAppLocale.exe, which spares you 
the reboot.

http://mif2go.com/xhtml/htmlhelp_0073_9133compilinginadifferentlanguage.htm

On 2013-02-13 14:41, David Shaked wrote:
>> When you compiled the Arabic CHM, did you do it on an Arabic system?  NOT
> just one with the
>> locale set? That's what HTML Help requires for Search to work; always has.
> Not just for
>> Arabic, but for any other locale.
> My experience is that it's OK to use English Windows when compiling a
> localized CHM. I have not done Arabic, but I have done Hebrew (also an RTL
> language), Russian, Greek, and Asian languages.
>
> The critical aspect is to set the Windows system locale to the target
> language. The system locale is an internal code page that Windows uses for
> non-Unicode applications. It is different from the user locale, which
> controls the date formats and so forth.
>
> To set the system locale on Windows 7, open Control Panel > Clock, Language,
> and Region > Region and Language > Administrative > Language for Non-Unicode
> Programs. After you set the system locale, Windows prompts you to restart
> the computer.
>
> For more information, see:
>
> http://wiki.webworks.com/DavidShaked/LocalizingWWePProjects
>
> Most of the article is about WebWorks ePublisher, but I think the
> information about the system locale is relevant to all tools.
>
> David Shaked (Wernick)
>
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