From: Steve Polley yahoo com> Date: 24 aug 2007 Subject: Re: Universal Shogi Interface (japanese Dot.Net Programs) An English interface? Great! Thank you. I can't wait.... --- Reijer Grimbergen yz yamagata-u ac jp> wrote: >=20 > I have established contact with the author of > Shogidokoro and we will be=20 > working together to make an English version of the > program. >=20 > 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! >=20 > Reijer >=20 > Reijer Grimbergen wrote: >=20 > > 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 > --=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/ >=20 >=20 > >=20 >=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20=20 ___________________________________________________________________________= _________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who kn= ows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.=20 http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=3Dlist&sid=3D396545433 --^---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --^----------------------------------------------------------------