Display Unicode Language Characters in Dialog Box in LabVIEW

Issue Details

I would like to display Unicode languages by inserting the UseUnicode=TRUE line into LabVIEW configuration file. When using the built-in dialog boxes (such as One Button Dialog, Two Button Dialog and Three Button Dialog), it displays garbled characters. How should I do to display Unicode characters in dialog box?

Solution

The built-in dialog boxes do not allow specifying the font so it cannot display Unicode. The workaround is creating a custom dialog box as per following steps.

1. You can either use the built-in Dialog Using Events template or directly create a new blank VI and proceed to build the dialog boxes.
    
2. You may use Dialog Font for all front panel text.
    
3. Reduce the front panel window size to show only the objects you want to appear in the dialog box.
    
4. Set the front panel window appearance as Dialog and enter a title for the dialog box title bar. Click the OK button to save the changes and close the VI Properties dialog box.
   
5. You will get a customized dialog as below showing Unicode language characters.
    

Additional Information

LabVIEW for Windows has limited support for Unicode strings in the front panel controls and indicators. This is not an officially supported feature.