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Klari

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Dec 16, 2009, 2:00:54 PM12/16/09

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First - thank you for making the program available! It is wonderful.
I am using it on my laptop, and was trying to get it onto my PDA.
(IPAQ 111 Mobiles 6) I was able to install WMDict on the PDA as well
as the three dictionaries. I also installed the Chinese font file and
ran it. But, in the dictionary results I only get the pinyin words
and little boxes instead of Chinese font. I have tried copying the
font file to different locations on the PDA. Any suggestions?

WM-Dict

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Dec 16, 2009, 2:19:17 PM12/16/09

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Klari,

After installing the Chinese font, did you soft-reset the device? A
restart is required for the font to be available.

The font should be located in the \windows folder

Regards,
WM-Dict

Klari

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Dec 16, 2009, 2:37:57 PM12/16/09

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Yes, I had tried the soft-rest. In the Windows folder there are files
named "mssong" (ttf file) and "ChineseFont" (cabinet file). Later I
added to the the Windows / Fonts subfolder to try that (fonts in both
places now). The program is installed my storage card--is there
anything that should be done differently? Thank you...

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WM-Dict

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Dec 16, 2009, 4:28:56 PM12/16/09

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Hello Klari,

The ChineseFont.cab file should not be in the /Windows folder. You
should execute this cab file, and it will install the following 3
fonts in the /Windows folder: mssong.ttf, cour.ttf and (most
important) arial.ttf.

So please do the following:

1.) Execute the ChineseFont.cab
2.) After that, please delete the ChineseFont.cab from your /Windows
folder
3.) You can delete the mssong.ttf file and the ChineseFont.cab in
your /Windows/Fonts folder
4.) Verify that you have the mssong.ttf, cour.ttf and arial.ttf in
your /Windows folder. There is no need to have them once more in your /
Windows/Fonts folder
5.) Please softreset your device

After the softreset WM-Dict will display also the Chinese characters.

Please be so kind and let us know whether this solved your issue or
not.

WM-Dict

Klari

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Dec 17, 2009, 9:43:27 PM12/17/09

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Thank you for all your time and help. The three files are at their
proper location.
I am embarrassed to say that they likely were yesterday also.
I thought I knew how to "soft reset" the device, and I did not.
It is working well. Thank you again!