The Blog Revisited - 7
Databases allow datatypes that can store unicode data, then why was it that while MS-Access successfully stored Unicode data whereas MS-SQL server failed when I first tried. See how to handle Unicode data in Storing Unicode Data in Databases.
After of years of existence of internet most of the dictionary words domain seem to have been already taken. Do you too think so? Check for words from your regional language dictionary as domain names need not necessarily be ASCII one but can be any language text in Unicode. For details see
IME (or Input Method Editor) is an excellent way to type in Regional language text. But what to you do when a few text boxes expect English inputs while others regional inputs… do you need to switch IME on and off every now and then. Not if the software you develop takes care of automatic switching. Switching IME during runtime details how to achieve automatic switching of IME.
Most multilingual softwares allow you to set language options but require you to restart application before language change is effective. If you need immediate UI language change Changing UI Language during Runtime is one of the way to do it.
But what if the two languages you aer switching have different orientation of RTL (Right to Left) and LTR(Left to Right)? Mirroring Form for RTL languages as Arabic detilas how you can switch control locations.
Google Translate gives you facility to translate selected text or entire page between available languages. You can use JavaScript to provide translation button on your site/blog to translate current the current page details of which is here at Google Translate
Google Desktop supports interface in many languages. Google Desktop Now in Hindi came when Hindi language interface was added.
Google Reader allows you to send selected posts from RSS feed you read to your friends or share them and publish as RSS feed for others to subscribe. Read about these in More reasons to use Google Reader
After a long gap since my last post on Microsoft Project came MS Project : Define General Working Time that shows how calendar can be modified globally or resourse-wise.
Get into Technorati Top 100 in 24 Hours was the first post that brought this blog in Growing Blogs list of botd.wordpress.com. “in 24 hours” is just for attracting attention. Applying that in the timeframe may be practical but you cannot get away without getting banned by Technorati… But since Technorati never ever seemed to resolve this problem, you can easily exploit it to get higher rank by avoiding attracting attention.
WinAPI functions saw a slowdown in terms of posts on this blog and subsequent two post were WinAPI : DrawText & DrawTextEx and WinAPI : The Font Object
Google rebranded it’s “personalized homepage” as iGoogle. What’s in a Name?
5th of February was called for as a CSS “edun” day (read quoted text in reverse, I don’t feel eager to categorize my site for “tluda” content 
) where all blogs were asked to remove CSS for a day. Having upgraded to Custom CSS I had the option to do so. No CSS on 5th April.
Microsoft came up with SilverLight to compete with Flash. Read about it here at Flash plus more with Microsoft Silverlight. I haven’t looked back if it really succeeded or not.
The Flash Chart on WordPress.com Dashboard are attractive and useful. See where did it originated in Flash Charts
New Features on WordPress.com was update on new features added to wordpress.com and Twice the categories was reporting of a bug there.
Last 30 days and Last 30 Days were stats for April and May, Ashirwad-project.org was announcement of a new blog.
