Alternate Languages in C++

Hi there everyone, I've been trying to work this out for a while now, but I cant find any solutions to it anywhere. I'm trying to develop a program to run on English based window systems, but use Japanese language characters. When ever I use Japanese characters, they become corrupted and display as ?'s or as gibberish like 1#%& or something. The only solution i've been able to find, is by running the system through on a japanese window's system (Using Microsoft AppLocale to mimic a japanese window's system) however, this isn't a viable solution for me, as I do not want this software to require external software to run. If anyone can give me any solutions or ideas on how to get around it, i'd be most appreciative. Thanks.

What version of Windows? NT, 2k, XP, Vista should all have absolutely no problem with Japanese programs (aside from fonts not supporting the characters), as long as your application is written with Unicode in mind. To do this, however, you need to understand how Unicode works and how to use it in C++.

XP, I switched to a font that apparently did support the japanese unicode, but it still had issues with it. Its quite painful really. ^^;

Originally Posted by Kadell

XP, I switched to a font that apparently did support the japanese unicode, but it still had issues with it. Its quite painful really. ^^;

Maybe you should just switch to UNICODE?

How do I do that? I need something that is going to accept japanese input from japanese keyboards etc. Outputting unicode isnt enough, the program also needs to support the input of it, which is whats causing me issues.

Worked it out guys
Theres a setting in my software's project details which allow me to specify a language that the program is compiled in. By setting it to japanese, it bypasses those issues, and I dont need to run it through any external software. Thanks for all the help though guys I appreciate it.