FIRST OF ALL, if your PC is a Pentium III or better please upgrade to Windows 2000 or better Windows XP Pro, with these OS it is a real pleasure to jump from one language to another, so you do not need to read this page any more.


If Windows 2000 or XP are not suitable for you or your engine Read this carefully :

To Read and Write Thai language using a computer without a Thai version of Windows, 31, 95, 98, 2000, ME as Operating System do the following things :

 1 : Download the Software ThaiKbd.exe and Thaihook.dll (46 Kb.)

 2 : Download the Thai Font (64 Kb.)

How to install

a) Unzip and Install the Thai Font (into WINDOWS/FONTS).
b) Open a New Folder called ThaiSwitcher
(or any other name you like).
c) Unzip the file into that New Folder, then go into that New Folder.
d) Cut or Copy the file called
Thaihook.dll and Past it into WINDOWS Folder.
e) Left Click/Right click on
ThaiKbd.exe, Send To : Shortcut to Desktop.

f) Double click on the ThaiKbd.exe Icon on the desktop, it will install a ThaiKbd.ini into WINDOWS Folder and on the top of the screen will appear a small triple icon.

- The First small icon is for Switching from English to Thai fonts -
- The Second icon is for the Keyboard Layout and some setup -
- The Third icon is for move the "triplet" -

How to use the software

a) Load WordPad (include in window 95, 98, 2000, XP) or any other software you like to use.
b) Click the first icon, the E letter will become a kind of N so you are in Thai Font.
c) Change the NAME of the Font (exemple here :
FixedDB ThaiText).

If the letters you are writing look like that : "´Ë´äæäàéÒÊÔÍ»" it is just because you do not use a Thai FONT, so change it and it will work fine.

How to use Thai Fonts with Outlook Express 5

Click TOOLS / OPTIONS...
Click READ, Click FONTS / Font Setting / Click THAI / Set As default / APPLY / OK.
Click SEND / International Setting Click THAI / APPLY / OK.
Click COMPOSE/MAIL/Font Settings/FixedDB ThaiText - Regular - size 22(*)/APPLY/OK.

Same for NEWS Font setting if needed.

NOTE : (*)Thai Fonts are about 2 times smallest than English fonts due to the accents in the top and on the bottom for some letters.

*** NEWS and MAIL MUST BE in HTML Rich Text Format ***

 

If you are using Windows 98 Thai Version

And you want to use the HELP file ..., just forget it. It is of course in Thai language.

The way to solve that is just to find an English version of Windows 98 ! That solve lots of troubles ...

The help files are located into the cab 22, 23, 24, 25, 49.

Click on it and expand to windows/help folder.

Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

1