How do I convert "byte gdicharset" to script / language name?
The FontDialog class in C # has an "AllowScriptChange" property that allows the user to select a script (Western, Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish, etc.). When enabled, the drop-down box provides all of these options and everything else is available depending on the selected font.
If the dialog is successful, the selected font has a GdiCharSet value, set to a value between 0 and 255.177 is Hebrew, 161 is Greek, and so on. Is there a function that will convert from value to string? I can write a switch statement, but I would like to do it right.
This is an incomplete list: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc194829.aspx
Edit . A function that will convert from a CharSet to a codepage will also work because I think it should be easy to get the name of the codepage.
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If you don't want to use a switch, how do you use rename? Sort of:
public enum CharSet : byte
{
ANSI_CHARSET = 0,
DEFAULT_CHARSET = 1,
SYMBOL_CHARSET = 2,
SHIFTJIS_CHARSET = 128,
HANGEUL_CHARSET = 129,
HANGUL_CHARSET = 129,
GB2312_CHARSET = 134,
CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET = 136,
OEM_CHARSET = 255,
JOHAB_CHARSET = 130,
HEBREW_CHARSET = 177,
ARABIC_CHARSET = 178,
GREEK_CHARSET = 161,
TURKISH_CHARSET = 162,
VIETNAMESE_CHARSET = 163,
THAI_CHARSET = 222,
EASTEUROPE_CHARSET = 238,
RUSSIAN_CHARSET = 204
}
And you can customize the extension method if you are using .NET 3.5
public static class GdiCharHelper
{
public static string ToGdiName(this byte GdiCharSet)
{
return Enum.GetName(typeof(CharSet), GdiCharSet);
}
}
So, you can use it in your code like this:
string name = Font.GdiCharSet.ToGdiName();
EDIT: Now that I think about it, you should probably change the return value of the Extension method to be an enum, so:
return (CharSet)GdiCharSet;
So you can also compare:
If (Font.GdiCharSet.ToCharSet() == CharSet.ANSI_CHARSET) {...}
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