From: Reijer Grimbergen yz yamagata-u ac jp> Date: 24 aug 2007 Subject: Re: Universal Shogi Interface (japanese Dot.Net Programs) I have established contact with the author of Shogidokoro and we will be= =20 working together to make an English version of the program. Unfortunately, we have been unable to isolate the problem that crashes=20 the program when run on a non-Japanese Windows PC. We thought it might=20 have to do with the display of Japanese characters, but a simple test=20 showed that this not the problem. Any suggestions are welcome! Reijer Reijer Grimbergen wrote: > Hi Bernard, >=20 > There definitely is a problem with running Shogidokoro on a non-Japanese= =20 > Windows machine. The website says the program needs Microsoft .NET=20 > Framework 2.0 to run, but this is only true for Japanese Windows. When I= =20 > tried to install Shogidokoro on an English Windows XP, it crashed just= =20 > like you said. >=20 > I will try to contact the author about this to try and solve the=20 > problem. I am also planning to contact the author about a version where= =20 > at least the GUI is in English (translating the long explanation on the= =20 > website is not going to be so easy, though...). Problem is that there is= =20 > no contact link on the website (no name, no mail), so I am waiting for a= =20 > reply on Yamashita's BBS at the moment. >=20 > Reijer >=20 >=20 > Bernhard C. M=E4rz wrote: >=20 >> >> Hi, >> >> This program looks great ... >> >> ... but it didn't work on my computer. >> >> >>> Shogidokoro should run on WindowsXP/2000 according to the page=20 >>> through the URL Reijer pointed out. >> >> >> >> Maybe it need also a Japanese Windows??? >> >> >> I have tested Shogidokoro at 3 different computers (2x XP professional= =20 >> and 1x XP home). >> At one computer I got an error message ("Shogidokoro has problems and= =20 >> must be ended. Do you like to inform Microsoft ...") and at the other= =20 >> two computers the process simply disappeared after a few seconds. >> >> I'm really experienced with "japanize your western windows" and after= =20 >> some time I even found the option "Language for programs without=20 >> UNICODE-Support" with which Japanese works very well. (I believe only= =20 >> Java didn't use this option in non-UNICODE-Controls and in such=20 >> programs there is still something to do.) >> >> >> Also there is one more program with the same problems as Shogidokoro:= =20 >> MyBona.exe >> MyBona.exe didn't work with the same error description. I didn't took= =20 >> too much attention at it, because there are good other GUIs for=20 >> Bonanza. (But still I wondered, why it's not working.) >> >> But now it seems (in my eyes), that the problem is Dot.NET for=20 >> Japanese programs in western windows. >> Of course I had installed the correct Version of Dot.NET (simply=20 >> testing it by renaming the=20 >> "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727" directory I got a=20 >> message that this version of Dot.NET is missing). >> Also I had tried the language pack for Dot.NET without success. >> >> Is there somebody with nonjapanese window where Shogidokoro and MyBona= =20 >> are working? >> Can somebody help me, please? >> >> For MyBona it was not so important, but I really like to get=20 >> Shogidokoro working and maybe this will be really the start of a=20 >> similar success story happened with Arena (or even X-/WinBoard) in the= =20 >> chess world. >> >> By the way: are there plans for Shogidokoro to support different=20 >> languages (at least English - which should be enough)? ;-) >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bernhard >> >> >> >> >=20 --=20 Reijer Grimbergen Department of Informatics, Yamagata University Jonan 4-3-16, Yonezawa, 992-8510 Japan Tel: +81-(0)238-26-3740 FAX: +81-(0)238-26-3299 http://gamelab.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/ --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: = shogi-l shogi net EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a2i6Ys.= aCGIy8.= c2hvZ2kt Or send an email to: shogi-unsubscribe topica com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=3DTEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------