User's Guide

Bidi spec property sheet

For each of the Bidi-supported parts, the property sheet includes a Bidi spec entry. This bidiSpec entry contains the Bidi attributes with the valid values listed below.

Please refer to the National Language Design Guide Vol. 3 (GE09-8005-00) for more information about the meaning and impact of the different Bidi attributes on your application.

Please note that not all Bidi attributes are available on all platforms. For example, the typeOfTextData can have two values: Visual or Implicit. These two values are available on OS/2 and AIX, while Implicit is the only available value on Windows. If you chose to set the typeOfTextData to be Visual in a visual part on one platform, and then move the part to a Windows platform, the following will happen:

The Bidi attributes and their valid values include the following:

typeOfTextData:

orientationData:

textShapingData: (for Arabic only)

textShapingDisplay: (for Arabic only)

numeralsData: (for Arabic only)

numeralsDisplay: (for Arabic only)

swappingData:

widgetOrientation:


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