Chat Software Development Kit (SDK) Does Not Support DBCS (262369)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Chat SDK 1.0j, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
This article was previously published under Q262369
IMPORTANT: Microsoft will no longer support Chat SDK after June 1, 2001. For more information on Product Support Discontinuance, see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/discontinue.asp?sd=gn

SUMMARY

Microsoft Chat Software Development Kit (SDK) does not support double-byte character set (DBCS) systems.

MORE INFORMATION

You cannot properly view DBCS Chat messages by using Microsoft Chat on a Microsoft Exchange server. The Chat client may receive a DBCS message, but the message is likely to be garbled and unrecognizable.

The Chat SDK does not provide support for DBCS characters. The SDK itself was designed strictly for English-only systems and will probably not run properly on non-English systems.

Microsoft Chat SDK is no longer a Microsoft supported product. Although the SDK may be included with some Microsoft products (such as Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5), all development on the Chat SDK has stopped.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/26/2003
Keywords:kbenv kbinfo KB262369
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