Hindi Numerals don't appear correctly on windows form!

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Hindi Numerals don't appear correctly on windows form!

Ahmed Dardeer 1

I am using Visual studio 2015 Enterprise edition installed on windows 11.

The problem is in windows 7, The Hindi numerals appears correctly in both design and runtime. While in windows 11 they appear correctly at design but not at runtime. Please, check the attachments.

Ahmed Dardeer 1 Reputation point

2023-01-06T17:38:59.393+00:00

The correct behavior appears straight forward from the question title! "Hindi Numerals don't appear correctly on windows form!" Accordingly, the correct behavior is that the numbers should appear the same at both design and runtime. From the attachments, they do appear correctly at design but not at runtime. That is it.
The operating system appears straight forward from the question body! The problem appears at windows 11.
Viorel 122.9K Reputation points

2023-01-06T17:53:24.22+00:00

What problem is in Windows 7?

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Ahmed Dardeer 1 Reputation point

2023-01-06T17:38:59.393+00:00

The correct behavior appears straight forward from the question title! "Hindi Numerals don't appear correctly on windows form!" Accordingly, the correct behavior is that the numbers should appear the same at both design and runtime. From the attachments, they do appear correctly at design but not at runtime. That is it.
The operating system appears straight forward from the question body! The problem appears at windows 11.
Viorel 122.9K Reputation points

2023-01-06T17:53:24.22+00:00

What problem is in Windows 7?

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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,456 Microsoft External Staff

Hello @Ahmed Dardeer ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

May I ask, how did you set this text? Setting in Form1.Designer.cs file with this.Text="XXX" or setting in Properties window with Text = XXX?

From the first screenshot, the Text was indeed set to 123 in Properties window. Can you confirm that in Form1.Designer.cs file, the Text was set to Hindi numerals? If you try to change the 123 in Properties window to Hindi numerals and save then rebuild your project => run, will it appear correctly at runtime?

Besides, you are testing in a newly created Windows Forms project right? If it’s not a newly created Windows Forms project, please try to test a newly created WinForm project, and let us know whether this issue is reproducible on your side.

Feel free to contact us.

Best Regards,
Tianyu

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Ahmed Dardeer 1 Reputation point

2023-01-09T18:26:42.907+00:00

Good day, Tianyu.
Thank you for your support.
I believe if I use Hindi numerals in properties window or designer file then it would appear fine in both design and runtime. It is not a problem of character code page. If you noticed the attachments, I use the two properties <RightToLeft, RightToLeftLayout> are set to true, if they are set to False, both design and runtime will be the same. Seems like the two properties <RightToLeft, RightToLeftLayout> are affecting only the design time not runtime.
Notice that in windows 7 this problem doesn't exist. meaning the two properties <RightToLeft, RightToLeftLayout> are affecting both design and runtimes. Accordingly, It is a problem of localization.
Beside that Can you clarify why the design time differs from the runtime?
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,456 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-01-10T08:54:52.64+00:00

Hi @Ahmed Dardeer ,

> Accordingly, it is a problem of localization.

I agree with you. I thought that maybe two reasons: it is affected by system language or localization.

> Can you clarify why the design time differs from the runtime?

I’m not sure how you configurated the localization, you may share us some related settings to check.

Regards, Tianyu
Ahmed Dardeer 1 Reputation point

2023-01-10T15:56:56.357+00:00

Hey, Tianyu, I am using Arabic system locale which uses a Hindi numeral as the standard numbers of the O.S. Please, see the attachments. All I need is that the runtime reflects the digits according to the system locale when using 'RighToLeft' properties is set to True. Regards,
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,456 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-01-13T09:56:55.3566667+00:00

Hi @Ahmed Dardeer ,

I did some tests, but I didn't find some obvious errors/issues. Probably, there were something changed in Windows OS(Windows 11), could you please submit a ticket on Windows forum about this issue?

Regards,

Tianyu
Ahmed Dardeer 1 Reputation point

2023-01-15T07:13:56.2166667+00:00

Hey @Tianyu Sun-MSFT

This issue from Windows 8 onwards.

I already submitted that issue on Windows Forum. I was instructed to repost it in this forum instead.

Please, have a look at Hindi Numerals don't appear correctly on windows form!

Much obliged.
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,456 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-02-03T06:09:55.9133333+00:00

Hi @Ahmed Dardeer ,

Would you mind sharing us the whole detailed steps to reproduce this issue and confirm further?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,

Tianyu

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