Article ID: 156053
Article Last Modified on 10/3/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q156053
SYMPTOMS
When you run SQL Server on localized Korean Windows NT 3.51, you may
experience a user interface problem. The messages displayed in the Database
Maintenance Plan wizard, SQL Mail Configuration dialog box, and Server
Configuration dialog box are not readable due to the scrambled or clipped text.
CAUSE
When SQL server creates dialog boxes, it uses the font Arial and a
character set (from the stdFonts key in the registry) that corresponds to
the user selection during Setup. In the Korean version of Windows NT, the
Hangul charset is used and, by design, Windows NT returns a Hangul font
instead of Arial. On the other hand, SQL creates dialogs off templates
whose control sizes are based on Arial font. The metrics of these two fonts
are different; the Hangul is font larger than Arial. The clipped text on
the interface is the result of this mismatch.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, edit the registry to change the character set.
WARNING: Using Registry Editor can cause serious, system-wide errors that
may require you to reinstall Windows NT. Microsoft cannot guarantee that
problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved.
Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
- Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
- Under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, go to the following subkey:
Software\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLInterface\EditControlFont
- Go to the StdFonts key.
- Replace 0x81 (Hangul charset) with 0x00 (Ansi charset).
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server
6.50.201 and 6.50.213. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: DBCS
Keywords: kbbug kbinterop KB156053