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Username: "??||?|" by flappy on 09-02-2005 at 02:53 PM

I have the newest version of MsgPlus, but ever since I use it, I have the same bug: Plus does not display special characters properly.

This means, that peoples names like ƒloo® go†hic
is shown as: ?loo? go?hic or |loo| go|hic

As you can see, it's very annoying and impossible to read. In the chatlogs, the characters are displayed properly, in almost all input fields and title bars it's inreadable.

Can someone please explain me wether it's a bug in MsgPlus, if someone else has this problem, and how I can solve it?

Thanks, greetz F.

PS. I love MsgPlus! :D

RE: Username: "??||?|" by matty on 09-02-2005 at 03:32 PM

If you are refering to using the Beta then that might be the case or if you are using the latest public version and the latest MSN Messenger that would also be why.

What is the (!VER) so we can see what we can do.

RE: Username: "??||?|" by flappy on 09-02-2005 at 04:03 PM

Like I said, I've had this problem for a really long time now.

However here's (!VER):
Windows-versie: Windows 98, 4.10.2222
Messenger-versie: 7.0.0813
Messenger Plus!-versie: 3.54.0132

RE: Username: "??||?|" by Concord Dawn on 09-02-2005 at 04:25 PM

quote:
Originally posted by flappy
Like I said, I've had this problem for a really long time now.

However here's (!VER):
Windows-versie: Windows 98, 4.10.2222
Messenger-versie: 7.0.0813
Messenger Plus!-versie: 3.54.0132

Hmm....sounds like a character support problem.......
RE: Username: "??||?|" by flappy on 09-02-2005 at 04:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Concord Dawn
Hmm....sounds like a character support problem.......
I get that, but I asked:
quote:
Originally posted by flappy
Can someone please explain me wether it's a bug in MsgPlus, if someone else has this problem, and how I can solve it?
RE: Username: "??||?|" by Patchou on 09-02-2005 at 05:06 PM

Did you try opening your log in another software that Notepad? did you try Wordpad or Word for example?

Also, what version of Windows are you running?

RE: RE: Username: "??||?|" by blackjack on 09-02-2005 at 05:17 PM

Hes using Windows 98... i think some Characters arent supported there.. i remember when i used that.. you can use them in MSN.. but in chat logs and that stuff they appear like other symbols =/

RE: Username: "??||?|" by flappy on 09-02-2005 at 05:37 PM

It's like this:

Notepad: | says:
Wordpad: ƒ says:
Contact Information: identity: |
Contact List: | (away)

| - Conversation
ƒ is away.

So it's rarely shown. But what's the difference between the conversation title bar and the line below, because the second shows the correct character...:S

RE: Username: "??||?|" by RaceProUK on 09-02-2005 at 07:28 PM

It'll be something to do with the fact you're using Windows 98. If you don't have the Layer for Unicode installed, try installing it. Or you could try upgrading Internet Explorer (that updates loadsa system stuff).

RE: Username: "??||?|" by Patchou on 09-02-2005 at 11:57 PM

If you're using Windows 98 then not every characters are supported by Messenger Plus!. In that OS, only the currently selected page code is used to save your logs so there's not much you can do about it, sorry.