EasyReader Updates
May 24, 2008
For notes on using ER with Microsoft's Irish Language Interface Processor see the end of this page.
A re-edit of EasyReader Version II has been underway since Nov 2007 and the work is just about complete. As part of this effort upwards on 9000 new words have been added to the Irish/English dictionary with similar additions to the English/Irish dictionary. Although planned to be available earlier, corrections and additions are now planned to be available to users of Version I by the end of June.
EasyReader version II is supported under Windows XP and Vista. Current users of Version I may upgrade for free to Version II. Many of the features in Version II will work with older operating systems, but there is no guarantee that all features will work, particularly in 'with other programs mode'. EasyReader in standalone mode will always work but in its use with other programs, special considerations have to be applied in EasyReader code to accommodate the operating system, and sometimes application programs such as MS Word, and others. For these reasons, and in order to provide current users all possible options, the following choices are available:
1. Stay with EasyReader Version 1
- Click ER I only to download latest (as of June 1, 2007) Version I only. Then exercise the Run options to unzip the downloaded files to your EasyReader root directory (default: c:\program files\reader). The download is approximately 2.7 M.
- If you have taken the previous option, new updates may then be downloaded by clicking the link Update Version I . No further development of the program is planned and updates will reflect mostly data base additions, such as dictionaries, etc. This operation should be performed after taking the previous option (ER I only)and repeating about once a month thereafter. Changes will be cumulative, i.e., month #3 will include previous updates.
2. Migrate to EasyReader Version 2
- Click ER II only to download and install EasyReader Version II only. Exercise the Run options to unzip the downloaded files to your EasyReader root directory (default: c:\program files\reader). The download is approximately 3.4 M.
- Updating of EasyReader II will be to the base installed by the previous option (above) and will be available directly from the EasyReader program itself, or if updating is desired manually, by clicking Update ER II here. If you have taken option 3 (ER II only), then you should down-load these updates right-away.
Please note that repeating or overlapping any or all of these processes is OK and will not cause any problems.
The following from Microsoft, re the Irish Language Interface for Windows XP:
"The vast majority of application compatibility issues encountered when the Irish LIP is installed are not caused by the Irish LIPs per se. As part of the Irish LIP effort a new locale is enabled in the Windows OS, namely Irish (Ireland) with LCID 083c.
When the Irish LIP is installed, the system locale (now called ‘Language for non-Unicode programs’) is changed to this locale. If elements of your application are pre-disposed to a particular locale, or a given set of locales, then this may be the root cause of the issues which you are encountering.
To establish whether or not this is the case, try the following on the client within the environment where the anomalies are being experienced:
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Go to Regional and Language Options within the Control Panel
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Go to the Advanced tab
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Change the ‘Language for non-Unicode programs’ to a locale other than Irish (Ireland); {may show as Gaeilge (Éire)}. English (United States) or English (Ireland) or whatever was in place before the Irish LIP was installed.
- <OK> or <Apply> will save the change."
I have followed these instructions and so far, all seems to be OK. (P.McC) |
