MultiLex 4.0 R/E & E/R dictionaries

[Ernest Sjogren]

> the latest version of the MediaLingua dictionaries, MultiLex 4.0, for
> installation on my PC (US Windows 2000) . . . the dialogue boxes, which
> tell you what information should be entered where and when during the
> installation process display a kind of gibberish . . .

You probably need to change the system code page.  Instructions for doing
this under all varieties of Windows can be found here:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PaulGor/full_e.htm

These procedures have worked for me under both Windows 98 and Windows XP
(Professional and otherwise), and I have had no trouble using Russian
versions of programs on my US Windows machines since.  The instructions are
excellent.

Note that there is a slight drawback to changing the code page if you have
programs installed that use special characters not in your Cyrillic code
page (or if your machine has filenames containing special characters).   For
instance, some dictionary programs in Spanish or French depend upon having a
Western code page available, so their special characters will not display
properly when a Cyrillic system code page is set.  This is fully explained
on the webpage referred to; look for it.

Best of success.

Ernie Sjogren



----- Original Message -----
From: "Harald Hille" <harjen2002 at YAHOO.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 6:44 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] MultiLex 4.0 R/E & E/R dictionaries


Dear Seelangers,
  I asked a friend in Moscow to buy the latest version of the
MediaLingua dictionaries, MultiLex 4.0, for installation on my PC (US
Windows 2000).  She sent it to me through another friend along with a
kvitancia and other proofs of purchase.  However, my attempts to
install it have failed as the dialogue boxes, which tell you what
information should be entered where and when during the installation
process display a kind of gibberish - lots of question marks in some
places and accented Latin vowels and other letters, not Cyrillic in
others.  I get similar "code" with some e-mail messages that have not
been properly decoded.  Somehow, I gather I have to get my Windows
2000 operating system to display Cyrillic rather than the undecoded
gibberish.  Is it impossible for my O/S to use the Moscow-bought
version of the program?  Do I need a Russian version of Windows 2000?
Harald Hille



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