Translating to Hebrew has several limitations which I hope that can be resolved.

1. I just translated the opening message (a few tips to start with GenoPro). It would be nice if it can be aligned to the right (as other messages), if it is possible.

2. It is impossible to use non-Hebrew term in the sentance, because it messes the sentance structure. This is why I have to write GenoPro in Hebrew letters (ג'נופרו) instead of using it in the sentance I'm translating. I think that the RTL definitions will help in this case, too.

Can you tell me what you would like GenoPro to do regarding text direction?  I can fix GenoPro to display text in the right direction.  I can also send you a private build so you can test if it is correct for you.

It is hard to tell ::

I don't know if a simple alignment to the right of the text will do...

This is how the opening screen looks like. First, The text is being read from right to left, but the alignment is to the left, so there should be an alignment to the right.

You also can see that the period at the end of the sentance is displayed at the begining of the sentance (the period should be the first character on the left. Not the first on the right. While the "-" sign should be the opposite - the first character on the right side.

Another problem that you can see (but probably not understand : is in the sentances with the hotkey characters. The non-Hebrew character 'F' is breaking the sentance. The words which are to the right of the 'F' are actually at the end of the sentance and should be after the last word ("האות") on the left.

I'm a programmer, and in my development tool, I have an option to put an indication of a RTL field. I am not sure what is happening "behind the scene" to affect the text to show correctly - whether it is simply an alignment thing or rebuilding the text with special logic. Do you have such an option?

Do you happen to know what happens in html with the directive: "direction=rtl"? It displays the Hebrew OK in HTML pages.

I'm sure that together we will find the solution...

Maybe it's possible, to put a checkbox above each "comments field" to choose between RTL and LTR.

I think that the problem is not just a check box. I guess that all the "Hebrew" software have a special mechanism inside which deals with the RTL issue. When you have the logic, then it is not a problem how you give the user the ability to implement it.

I hope that Dan will be able to find the way to display the Hebrew text properly. Then it can be implemented in any way you want.

It looks great!

What did you do? and how can I make my fonts be that big?

By spinning the mouse wheel! :

Now for the menus ::

This is the export (File > Export) menu. As you can see, items 1 and 3 are incorrect. XML and GEDCOM should be on the left and not on the right.

Do your magic... ::: 

Whenever you will have the time to improve it it will be great. It is very good, in my opinion, for now. Can you do the same thing in the status bar?

Thanks!

Sure.  I made a new update at http://www.genopro.com/download/InstallGenoPro.2.0.0.9.RTL.exe for the status bar.  What about the Table Layout?

As you can see there are Hebrew and English in the table layout. Do you have control on each column or at the whole table layout?

I agree.  What about this one?  Assuming Hebrew text is being displayed in the columns.

Again - when it comes to one displayed language there is no problem. But if there is more than one language (I'm writing the names in my tree in English) at least for one of the languages the display will be wrong.

Can it be done there, too?

Notice how in the date is wrong. The date is on the right insted of left (Feb 2002 10 and not 10 Feb 2002). You can also see on the labels that the period (.) is on the left and not on the right.

Downloaded and instaled.

I saw that the menu's are from right to left. The bug is still there, though.

I think that the GenoMap should be RTL only when it is a new document - because of the Hebrew message, but when there is an active file it can be LTR again. It will solve the dates problem.

Please send me a sample file.  I will show you what I get on my computers.  Something is very strange: on one machine, I get a different layout from the other machine.  Both are running Windows XP.

Thanks for the suggestion.  I will try to fix it.

Question: What about the scrolling of the Table Layout.  I think I need to invert the left and right arrows.  Correct?

I just sent a sample file by email. Maybe the problem is in the PC regional settings.

The scrolling is OK. It's working - don't touch ::

In the first screenshot the Hebrew is correct but the dates are wrong. In the second screenshot the dates are displayed OK, but the Hebrew is backwards!

I'm not worried. I know that every problem I had you solved... ::

I am having difficulties having the text of the second screenshot correct.  Regardless what I do, the Hebrew text is always backwards.  Do you have a specific version of GenoPro, perhaps a beta, where the text was displayed correctly?  I have two computers, both running Windows XP Pro, and they display the text differently.  I tried many things and I am not able to get anything right on the second machine.  I wonder if GenoPro is displaying Hebrew text fine for you.  Posting screenshots will help.

I made an update which has several improvements to display Hebrew text:

1) The graphical tree should display the dates properly, whatever the date is expressed in English or Hebrew.
2) The input field to type the date has also been improved to display the date as it should be.
3) I made a few changes how the text is displayed, however I am not sure if this will work on your machine.  I have two computers, and it is working on one computer but not the other.

Please give me feedback on this.  If you download & install version 2.0.1.1 at http://www.genopro.com/InstallGenoPro.exe, you will get the modifications.

It seems that the problem was solved. The Hebrew is displayed correctly and the dates are OK, too.

I will test it some more to see if I find problems.

Here is a samll problem on ver 2.0.1.1. The "Day" should be before the "Month" (On the right). Not after it.

Are there anything else missing?

Well, It is not so common in hebrew to display the "Hebrew year" in "digits". (e.g - 5767 for the gregorian year 2007 jan-sep)

In fact, it's very funny, and if you'll ask most people in Israel what is the current "hebrew year" in "digits", They will not know the answer.

I suggest to add a built-in "translator" to convert those digits to "Letters", and display the "letters" format instead.

for example: 5767 = תשס"ז

5766= תשס"ו

5765= תשס"ה

You can find a sample of an hebrew calendar to see the way a "Year" is displyed at:

http://rotter.net/luach.htm?month=7&year=2007