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Chapter 6 - Script Manager / Script Manager Reference

Constants

Script Codes

You can specify script systems with implicit and explicit script code constants in the script parameter of the GetScriptVariable and SetScriptVariable functions. The implicit script codes smSystemScript and smCurrentScript are special negative values for the system script and the font script, respectively.

Script constant	Value	Explanation (Continued)
smSystemScript	-1	System script
smCurrentScript	-2	Font script
smRoman	0	Roman
smJapanese	1	Japanese
smTradChinese	2	Traditional Chinese
smKorean	3	Korean
smArabic	4	Arabic
smHebrew	5	Hebrew
smGreek	6	Greek
smCyrillic	7	Cyrillic
smRSymbol	8	Right-to-left symbols
smDevanagari	9	Devanagari
smGurmukhi	10	Gurmukhi
smGujarati	11	Gujarati
smOriya	12	Oriya
smBengali	13	Bengali
smTamil	14	Tamil
smTelugu	15	Telugu
smKannada	16	Kannada/Kanarese
smMalayalam	17	Malayalam
smSinhalese	18	Sinhalese
smBurmese	19	Burmese
smKhmer	20	Khmer
smThai	21	Thai
smLaotian	22	Laotian
smGeorgian	23	Georgian
smArmenian	24	Armenian
smSimpChinese	25	Simplified Chinese
smTibetan	26	Tibetan
smMongolian	27	Mongolian
smGeez	28	Geez/Ethiopic
smEthiopic	28	= smGeez
smEastEurRoman	29	Extended Roman for Slavic and Baltic languages
smVietnamese	30	Extended Roman for Vietnamese
smExtArabic	31	Extended Arabic for Sindhi
smUninterp	32	Uninterpreted symbols

Note

The script code represented by the constant smUninterp is available for representation of special symbols, such as items in a tool palette, that must not be considered as part of any actual script system. For manipulating and drawing such symbols, the smUninterp constant should be treated as if it indicated the Roman script system rather than the system script; that is, the default behavior of uninterpreted symbols should be Roman.

Note

The script code represented by the constant smRSymbol is available as an alternative to smUninterp, for representation of special symbols that have a right-to-left line direction. Note, however, that the script management system provides no direct support for representation of text with this script code.