A little demo showing what can be done with Unicode:
GuiParas equ "Displaying exotic languages", x500, w360, h360, b0D0D0D0h ; OPT_Icon Globe
include \masm32\MasmBasic\Res\MbGui.asm
MakeFont hFont1, Height:22, Weight:FW_MEDIUM, "Times New Roman" ; a nice font for Arabic
MakeFont hFont2, Height:20, "Arial"
MakeBrush hBrush, RgbCol(180, 180, 180), HS_DIAGCROSS ; HS_x para is optional, see CreateHatchBrush docs
Data "Chinese:", "这是中国文字", "它被写入左到右", "Arabic:", "هنا مثال يمكنك من الكتابة من اليمين", "الى اليسار باللغة العربية"
Data "Russian:", "Это демонстрация российского текста,", "это пишется слева направо"
Read d$() ; fill a string array with data
Event Paint
For_ ct=0 To d$(?)-1
.if ct>2 && ct<6 || ct>8 && ct<=10
GuiTextBox 7.0, ct*36+9, 90.0, 20, d$(ct), dt DT_RIGHT, pen CgaCol(cWhite):3, bcol RgbCol(80, 255, 80), font hFont1, brush hBrush
.else
GuiTextBox 7, ct*36+9, 90.0, 20, d$(ct), dt DT_LEFT, pen 0:2, font hFont2, bcol 080ffffh
.endif
Next
GuiEnd
Hi, Jochen!
Bravo! (http://www.cyberforum.ru/images/smilies/good3.gif)