> >> I think that text draw problem, not IBO core(or API) problem.
> >> This case become correct result with e.g. TMS unicode controls.
> >> It will be possible if unicode controls or ExtTextOutW API.. are used.
> >
> >However, on VARCHAR it works just fine, so what's the deal here?
>
> Sorry, i have mistaken. The german umlaute are BMP in UCS2(ansi range).
> >Additional Information
>
> As far as i understanding in IB_components.pas,
> The ansi decoding is only string type. (Please see

SetAsString/GetAsString)

> The transliteraion of BLOB type may be necessity...

But how do these characters for VARCHAR get displayed then? I have
a test table here, with two columns, one is the varchar and one is the
blob subtype text, I insert the same values in both. Varchar is displayed
just fine, while the blob isn't.

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