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vicnov
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April 27, 2007
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Font or charset/encoding problem in input fields (Linux)

  • April 27, 2007
  • 13 replies
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Hi,
I am trying to enter a text in russian language into input fields in Flash Player 9.
I can type russian characters but they are displayed incorrectly in the input field - some strange symbols are shown instead. If I copy-paste a text from text editor, it is inserted and shown correctly - even more, it is sent correctly to server and shown to other users.

Can I configure fonts for Flash Player or something else to make it working? Or is it a bug in Flash Player or Firefox browser?

My system is:
Ubuntu Linux 6.10 (Edgy), Kernel 2.6.17-11
Firefox 2.0.0.3 browser
Flash Player 9.0 downloaded from Adobe site and installed via their script

The following variables are set in /etc/environment:
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LANGUAGE="en_US:en"
I tried setting LANG="ru_RU.UTF-8" - in this case I can not type in input field at all.

Thank you for your help.
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    TimSmith72
    Participant
    July 14, 2008
    From what I see the issue is still there in Linux
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    vicnovAuthor
    Known Participant
    June 25, 2008
    >> yes me too cool fix <<
    >> Great thank you for the help <<

    What exactly the fix is ? I still see this bug in Linux; the only workaround is to use copy-past via ClipBoard from a text editor.
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    Touranty
    Participating Frequently
    June 23, 2008
    yes me too cool fix
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    samvander
    Participant
    July 19, 2008
    I tried this quick fix with success. Thank you.
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    jasontpopper
    Participant
    June 21, 2008
    Hey barney.tearspell, thanks for this quick fix. I was experiencing the same problem.
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    peppies
    Participating Frequently
    May 4, 2008
    Is there any way to fix this problem on firefox? I keep getting the same error in some strange language.

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    vicnovAuthor
    Known Participant
    April 14, 2008
    Balle Julle,
    thank you for pointing to this issue in Jira.
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    Adobe Employee
    Julian Ball
    Adobe Employee
    April 14, 2008
    Have you seen the new public Flash Player bug and issue management system? You can read about it at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/logged_in/tmccauley_fplayer_bugbase.html . Anyway, it looks like this problem has been logged (https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-40). You can vote for the bug and track it through this new site.
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    vicnovAuthor
    Known Participant
    March 30, 2008
    In my case, it is a Flex application, built with mxmlc (Flex compiler) and I can not type russian characters directly in text fields. I use Linux (Ubuntu) and Firefox.
    I tried to play with locale and language settings in my OS - without success. Other applications work perfectly (incl. Java and Java plugin in Firefox), so it seems to be Flash Player problem.
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    vicnovAuthor
    Known Participant
    February 26, 2008
    The problem exists in 9.0.115.0 in Linux (Ubuntu 7.10).
    Did someone try to enter non-english characters into Flash/Flex input fields?
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    osmonov
    Participant
    March 4, 2008
    i have such problem.

    openSUSE 10.2.
    flash player 9.0.115.0
    firefox and seamonkey.
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    onoxo
    Participant
    March 11, 2008
    i have the same problem with croatian language, šđč枊ĐČĆŽ letters. they are embeded in flash and shown from utf-8 xml, but can not write them in input text field.

    im on MacOSX 10.4.11
    Firefox and safari act the same.
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    vicnovAuthor
    Known Participant
    July 24, 2007
    I still have this problem with Flash Player 9.0.48.0 in Linux...
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