Japanese Language Kit: WordPerfect 3.0 and Date Format

Customer is running System 7.1, Japanese Language Kit (JLK) 1.0 or 1.1, and WordPerfect 3.0.

After quitting WordPerfect 3.0, all dates in the Finder window are displayed in Japanese (if a Japanese font is selected in the "Font for Views"). They must restart the computer to return to U.S. date formats.

STEPS TO DUPLICATE:
    1. Clean install System 7.1 or System 7 Pro on any Mac.
    2. Install JLK 1.0 and WordPerfect 3.0 (or 3.0a)
    3. Open hard drive window, set View to "by Name," set "Font for Views" to Osaka and select "Show Date" in the Views control panel. Note the U.S. date format in the open window.
    4. Open WordPerfect, type anything in English, save and quit. The Finder window now displays Japanese date formats.
    5. Restart and dates return to U.S. formats.
                       
We also observe that if you load the Chinese Language kit 1.0 or 1.1, garbage characters appear in the Japanese date format when a Chinese font is selected as the font for views.
We have verified that the dates do change when WordPerfect 3.0 has been used with the Japanese Language Kit to create a document.

Updating to WordPerfect 3.1 will cure the issue. Contact Novell about the upgrade.

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Published Date: Feb 19, 2012