All bidirectional message definitions must have UTF-8
text file encoding.
To work with Arabic and Hebrew device formats, you must enable bidirectional support in the Preferences dialog. This step adds a bidirectional mode button to the Design page and options to the Design pop-up menu. Status bar information is given when directly editing a field.
Enable the bidirectional settings that you want before you close the Preferences window.
Sets visual ordering of bidirectional data, instead of the default logical ordering.
Places a Bidirectional settings button on the Design page options bar
Sets a right-to-left text flow in the display. This simulates how data is displayed on a host terminal when the host screen is being reversed. This option enables you to design reversed (right-to-left) screens.
Causes fields added in the Design view to be right-aligned. In the source file right-aligned fields are padded with leading spaces.
Resets swappable characters automatically. For example, in a right-to-left string, the parentheses characters ( and ) will be reversed.
This option is valid only for Arabic code page.
Automatically sets an inversion of the screen, which causes Hindi numerals to be replaced by their Arabic counterparts and the Arabic numerals to be replaced by their Hindi counterparts.
| Key function | Description | Key combination |
|---|---|---|
| Push | Starts a segment of reversed text and reverts the direction of the cursor. Text is pushed toward the end of the field, and the cursor remains stationary. | Shift+NumLock |
| EndPush | Terminates the current segment of reversed text. The cursor skips to the end of the segment, and its direction is restored. | Shift+/ |
| AutoPush | Enables the Push and EndPush functions to be automatically invoked, based on the actual text entered. | Alt+/ |
| FieldReverse | Reverses the typing direction and the direction of functions such as Backspace, Delete, Home, and End. However, the function does not visually invert the contents of the field. | Alt+NumLock |
| Switch between input of Arabic/Hindi Numerals | Switches numerals input between Arabic and Hindi. | Alt+* |
Status displays either LTR (left-to-right) or RTL.
Status displays A when Autopush is enabled (visual mode only).
No bidirectional mode options are enabled.
Push mode is enabled.
Field Reverse is enabled.
Input is Hindi numerals (Arabic only).