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Shawn Steele's thoughts about Windows and .Net Framework globalization APIs
元年 vs 1年 (Gannen vs Ichinen) with the 令和 Reiwa Era
In my previous post I showed how to use the Registry to enable the new 令和 Reiwa Era for the Japanese...
Date: 04/10/2019
Setting/Testing the New Japanese Riewa Era in NLS
[Update:...
Date: 04/01/2019
Gannen vs Ichinen
What is 元年 (Gannen)? With the upcoming new Japanese Calendar Era comes a new "year 1" for the new...
Date: 11/12/2018
Japanese Era Ligature Abbreviations
Since I've been doing so much investigation around the Japanese Era, I noticed that our abbreviation...
Date: 08/14/2018
Data Transformations & Data Security
Over a decade ago I posted "Code Pages and Security Issues" - which touches on an interesting case...
Date: 08/09/2018
Using the Registry to Test the New Japanese Era on Windows
[Updated to include 令和 (Reiwa) instead of the test entry] Japanese Era Registry Key I've posted...
Date: 08/07/2018
The Japanese Calendar's Y2K Moment
Japanese Calendar Eras The Windows 10 Spring Release includes a placeholder for the era expected to...
Date: 04/12/2018
Testing for New Japanese Era
Some time ago I mentioned that there's a registry key that has values admins can edit if they want...
Date: 01/12/2018
Windows Language Groups are Dead.
Well, they've been dead for a long time; I pretty much killed them in the middle of the XP time...
Date: 11/21/2017
Using Strings for Computer Data Interchange
Previously I blogged about Culture Date Shouldn't Be Considered Stable (Except for Invariant) but it...
Date: 10/16/2017
I used to be doing more than a post a year, maybe that'll change?
Apparently I've been distracted by other things! I'll try to post some more, hopefully not too...
Date: 09/01/2017
Dates and flagging some sort of condition
Occasionally I get strange questions about things like "why does the calendar end in 9999?" or "how...
Date: 06/02/2016
Locale Data in Windows 10 & CLDR
I've blogged about Locale Data Churn a couple times in the past, and mentioned how to use the Locale...
Date: 08/29/2015
Locale (Culture) Data Churn
Data ChurnSome of you have noticed churn in the Locale Data (which ends up as Culture data in .Net)....
Date: 08/28/2015
Locale Builder and Finnish or other locales...
The Locale Builder tool, https://aka.ms/localebuilder, runs on Windows 10 and can be used to modify...
Date: 08/27/2015
Go Team XBox!
"Team XBox" is participating in a Lego Mindstorms "Build for Good" robotics competition at the EMP...
Date: 04/10/2014
EAI (Email Address Internationalization) address validation
I've been asked a few times how to verify how an international email address is well formed....
Date: 04/01/2014
Go Hawks! OSG's 12th Man Photo
Go Hawks! OSG's 12th Man Photo Hey, Microsoft tweeted a photo of 6,999 of my coworkers and I. Just...
Date: 01/31/2014
Locale Builder v2.0 for Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2 Released!
There's a new Locale Builder for creating your own custom locales live on the Download Center at...
Date: 11/18/2013
Lego L3-G0
Not work related, but my latest Lego project is L3-G0, a Lego brick...
Date: 11/12/2013
How does IE handle the IDN2008 RFCs?
I've had a couple questions about the IE/Windows behavior for IDNA2008 so I thought I'd address that...
Date: 09/09/2013
Updates to "How to tell if the collation (sorting) version changed" in Windows NLS
I updated...
Date: 05/30/2013
Testing for NLS sorting/collation behavior changes when calling JetAttachDatabase
The JetAttachDatabase function’s JET_bitDbDeleteCorruptIndexes and...
Date: 05/30/2013
pIqaD Font for Bing's Klingon Translator
[Halloween, 2013, updated link, Bing fixed the script code for pIqaD] People have asked me where to...
Date: 05/20/2013
Bing Translator, Klingon High Council, and Klingon Language Institute announce support for Klingon as a Bing Translator Option!
The Bing Translator folks have announced support for Klingon as a translator option. This was also...
Date: 05/15/2013
Windows 8 Media Center and my Clock
Something strange happened on my Windows 8 Media Center computer. I didn’t really realize it...
Date: 04/22/2013
Slowing down searchfilterhost.exe on my Media Center box when Xbox 360 Extender is attached
I noticed an oddity with Media Center Extenders that didn’t work very well with my system, and...
Date: 04/15/2013
Converting text file code pages
I've said "use Unicode" a lot, but sometimes there are programs that aren't doing what you'd expect,...
Date: 01/24/2013
Language packs and Windows RT (like microsoft surface or another Windows RT device) upgrades.
My first blog post from a surface!Apparently on Windows RT itʻs possible for Windows Update to...
Date: 11/08/2012
Klingon Win8 Lock Screen: Might Sell Qurgh on Win8 After All :)
A while ago I blogged about Klingon in pIqaD in a Custom Locale - that worked OK in Vista & Win7...
Date: 07/11/2012
Email Address Internationalization, aka: using UTF-8 in email, RFCs are published
I helped write an RFC (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6532.txt) :) (Well, I've had input before,...
Date: 06/22/2012
All Done With the Lego Wonder
<< Land Ho! (page 4) This has nothing to do with work (well, OK, I used Windows 8 for some...
Date: 06/16/2012
Building The Lego Wonder
<< Like, What Do You Mean There Aren't Any Instructions (page 2) This has nothing to do with...
Date: 06/16/2012
Like, what do you mean, there aren't any instructions?
<< Building the Lego Disney Wonder (Page 1) This has nothing to do with work (well, OK, I used...
Date: 06/16/2012
There's a Lego Cruise Ship in Building 85
This has nothing to do with work (well, OK, I used Windows 8 for some photos, planning, desktop...
Date: 06/16/2012
Use the Windows 8 Language Profile to pick YOUR language(s)
One of the best new globalization features of Windows 8 is the new Language Profile. From the...
Date: 06/16/2012
Extending the Windows Japanese Calendar Era information.
Some people have asked whether Windows supports new Japanese Calendar Emperor eras if that becomes...
Date: 11/15/2011
Dumping Custom Culture LDML for all built-in files
Sometimes you want to see what's in a built-in culture, or maybe you want to figure out what data's...
Date: 11/03/2011
Rupee update for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2
India changed it's currency symbol, and so now we have an update...
Date: 03/22/2011
Dump the LDML for ALL the locales on the box
So, for whatever reason, you want to know what the LDML that the CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder needs...
Date: 03/04/2011