Arabization Controls for Smart Devices

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Introduction

Compact .NET Framework Arabic Enabled Assemblies allow .NET developers to create Arabic enabled applications without using any other external software.

Background

The idea was born while I was working on a Symbol handheld creating shelf prices' checker and labels printing software for Windows CE 5.0. I was required to retrieve, display and print Arabic (Hindi) numbers and context.

Using the Code

This code is a sample code for design-time controls.

This project is complete but it would need some modifications depending on your needs:

/* Sample code for Arabic Button */

using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Text;

namespace Ar.Controls
{
    public class ArabicButton : System.Windows.Forms.Button
    {
        private bool m_HindiNumerals;
        private string m_LogicalText;
        private bool m_RightToLeft;

        public bool HindiNumerals
        {
            get
            {
		return this.m_HindiNumerals;
            }
            set
            {
		this.m_HindiNumerals = value;
		this.Text = this.m_LogicalText;
            }
        }

        public new bool RightToLeft
        {
            get
            {
		return this.m_RightToLeft;
            }
            set
            {
		this.m_RightToLeft = value;
		this.Text = this.m_LogicalText;
            }
        }

        public new string Text
        {
            get
            {
		return this.m_LogicalText;
            }
            set
            {
		if (value != null)
		{
			this.m_LogicalText = value;
			StringBuilder builder1 = 
				new StringBuilder(this.Text.Length + 1);
			short num1 = (short) this.m_LogicalText.Length;
			ushort[] numArray1 = new ushort[1];
			if (this.m_HindiNumerals)
			{
				numArray1[0] = 1;
			}
			else
			{
				numArray1[0] = 0;
			}
			mArabicCoreWrapper.BuildArabicStringWithLigate
			(this.m_RightToLeft, this.Text, builder1, num1, numArray1);
			base.Text = builder1.ToString();
		}
            }
        }

        public override System.Drawing.Font Font
        {
            get
            {
				return base.Font;
            }
            set
            {
				base.Font = value;
				Invalidate();
            }
        }

        public ArabicButton()
        {
			//this.Font = new Font("Tahoma", 8f, FontStyle.Regular);
			this.m_RightToLeft = true;
			this.m_HindiNumerals = true;
        }
    } // class ArabicButton
}

It was written for compact framework version 2.0, tested on Windows CE 5.0 and Windows Mobile 5.0.

Points of Interest

Arabic is a very complicated and beautiful language. I hope to use this language in programming instead of English.

History

This project started earlier in 2005 and it sure needs some modifications.

• 11/5/2009: Added mArabicCore in the article attachments