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Language Display TSR
DocumentID: 601139
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:28:36 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

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Solutions: With the recent release of Greek, Portuguese - Brazil, and in the near future Russian WordPerfect 5.1, operators should be aware of the additional features which highlight these releases. These languages use characters that are not normally included in the US ASCII character table; however, the user has alternatives for displaying these characters, which incidentally are needed to display the correct characters within the menus of WordPerfect. The menu display uses the characters solely in the ASCII character table, where editing screens are not as inhibited. In addition to the ASCII character table, editing screens can use the expanded 12 table character set known as the WordPerfect Character Set. Using 512 display and the font resource files (.FRS file) from WordPerfect Language Modules, the editing screens have the ability to display Greek and Russian characters.

Manufacturers have developed separate ROMs for each language which modify the ASCII character table according to the characters needed. ROM chips may be purchased separately or, in many cases, come as complete packages when a computer is purchased in that country. These ROMs are used instead of the US ROM. WordPerfect supports these ROMs with only one minor modification, the user must use the /CP- startup switch. Another alternative is the TSR program which allows US ROM-based computers to display the needed characters even at the DOS level. VGA and EGA display are all that are supported by the TSR program. On Hercules compatible monitors, the display mode is ignored, but the keyboard is still loaded.

In order to run the TSR program, separate drivers are required for the keyboard and display. These drivers (.FRS file & .WPK file) are located in two places: as part of the span set and also as a part of the installation disk. A DOS batch file is used to load the TSR program and the Install program. The TSR will then load the necessary screen and keyboard drivers into memory. This is an important feature since the Installation program has been translated and would otherwise display the characters according to the US ASCII character table.


OPTIONS WHICH EFFECT THE TSR PROGRAM

Left-Shift key and Right-Shift key together = Turns keyboard ON/OFF.
/H = This startup switch displays a brief help screen.
/U = This startup switch unloads the TSR program from memory.

Syntax: WPXXXX.COM [Option] [[Path] .WPK File] [[Path] .FRS File]
(This syntax is optional and allows the default drivers to be changed.)

Greek (8510 & 851 are the supported Code Pages)
WP8510.COM = TSR Program
VGA8510.FRS = Display Driver
EGA8510.FRS = Display Driver
WPC8510.WPK = Keyboard Driver

Portuguese - Brazil (8600 is the only supported Code Page)
WP8600.COM = TSR Program
VGA8600.FRS = Display Driver
EGA8600.FRS = Display Driver
WPC8600.WPK = Keyboard Driver

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