On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:45:08 -0800, Don Kirkman <spambuster@covad.net>
wrote:

>>I have the WinXP MUI here as well but I never really got up the energy
>>to bother with it. I also only run 2 or 3 Japanese native apps on my
>>U.S. English XP.
>
>What IME settings did you use, Raj?  The last time I tried to input
>Japanese without applocale I was able to enter Japanese into a box that
>came up over the top of Agent's composition window, but I couldn't
>transfer it into the window area itself--it always came up as a string
>of question marks that won't resolve in JWPce.

Hey, Don. Yes, I was getting the question marks too until I configured
Agent 2.0 to run in Nihongo mode with Applocale. After that entering
the Japanese text worked properly. It's not perfect though and I have
other problems when I run the program with Applocale. For example, all
of the help screens become invisible and unusable. So for the moment I
run Agent without Applocale by default and I will just start it WITH
on the odd occasion I need to enter Japanese text in here.

>I've just downloaded applocale and need to configure it, I guess.  It
>looks like that may take a while, but if you're not having problems I
>guess should be okay.  Any suggestions or clues that might prevent
>disaster?

Applocale is a piece of cake. Just point it to whatever app you want
to run in Japanese mode and also tell it to create a shortcut for
future use. Be aware that Applocale does not put that shortcut on the
desktop but rather in the start menu under Applocale. I just drag and
drop it from there to the desktop.

>From what I read on MS's site MUI isn't available for individual users.
>Do you find it works as advertised?

I got the MUI CD from a friend. It does indeed work as advertised. A
quick logoff and logon will put the computer in full Japanese mode
with all Japanese menus, etc. But it is way more than I need.
Applocale fit the bill for me. I have a few select Japanese apps I run
occasionally and then a few non-Japanese apps that I sometimes want to
enter Japanese text into (like Agent).

Raj