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Creating Property Files for Double-Byte Characters | Localization
OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide 765
Creating Property Files for Double-Byte Characters
Properties files must be in escaped unicode format for the properties to appear in a double-byte
character set. Create properties files for double-byte character format as follows.
1 Open an editor that is UTF-8 capable.
NOTE:
Notepad UTF-8 files do not work because notepad inserts a Byte Order Mark at the beginning of UTF8
streams.
2
Enter the properties in the text editor using any available double-byte character entry
method.
3 Save the file as UTF8 - No Signature.
4 Convert this file to unicode-escaped ANSI format by running the native2ascii Java utility .
You must specify the source and target file in the command. For example:
native2ascii -encoding UTF8 chinese-utf8.properties chinese.properties
These steps are just an example. Make sure the final file is named appropriately to match the
Oware naming standard previously described. This file displays double-byte characters on
Windows double-byte versions.