System Architect and Chinese characters

The following configuration changes are required in order for System Architect to display Chinese characters correctly on non-Chinese Windows.

1	Set the default System Architect fonts

In System Architect, select the Tools > Sessions Options menu. Set the following options to a font that supports Chinese characters. Note the use of a single quote bounding the font name.

2	Set the default System Architect character set to Chinese

Open the file SA2001.INI found here:

C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Local\Telelogic\System Architect

Add the following setting to the section [SystemArchitect]:

SADialogCharset= CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET

3	Enable Chinese input language and locale support

Start Control Panel, and then complete these steps:

a	In the section Clock, Language, and Region, select Change keyboards and other input methods.

b	Click the Change keyboards button.

c	Click the Add button, and then choose one of the Chinese language options (for example, Chinese Simplified). You can change the default input language to Chinese or leave it as English.

d	Click OK to save changes.

e	Click on the Administrative tab:

f	Click Change system locale, and then set the current system locale to one of the Chinese options (for example, Chinese Simplified):

g	Click OK to save changes.

h	Click on the Formats tab, and then change the default format to Chinese (for example, Chinese Simplified):

i	Click OK to save changes. You will need to reboot your machine in order for the changes to take effect.

4	Inputting Chinese characters

If you left English as the default input language in step 3 above, start System Architect and set the current input language to Chinese using the language bar in your task bar. You can use the language bar to change the current input language to English or Chinese.

5

Symbols

When adding a new symbol to a diagram in System Architect, the default font will be Arial. In order for symbols to display Chinese characters, the symbol font must be set to an appropriate font (for example, SimSun-ExtB):

a	Select the symbol, and then in the font selector tool bar select SimSun-ExtB.

b	With the symbol still selected, go to the Format menu and select Symbol Format > Symbol Style.

c	Check the Font style option, and then click OK.

The default font for the selected symbol type, in this example Process symbols on a Business Process diagram, will be set to SimSun-ExtB. Any new process symbols will default to this font. You will need to set the default font for every symbol type. Be sure to save these changes to your stylesheet so they are used for your next System Architect session.

Note It is possible that you might need to set the following values using Tools > Session Options:

▪	Locale=804

▪	SAReportFont="SimSun-ExtB",10

See also

System Architect and Arabic characters

Using System Architect with non-English character sets