UNICODE and Standard (ANSI) Build

VectorDraw features 3 basic product developer CAD libraries of ActiveX technology which are:

- Professional. Its basic library is vdpro.ocx
- Standard. Its basic library is vdstd.ocx
- Viewer. Its basic library is vdview.ocx

From version 4.0.5 each of these ocxs has two different versions. An ANSI and a UNICODE version. Download it from here.

The distribution files of the control have changed.
 - for version 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 check here.
 - for version 4.0.5 to 4.1.6 check here.
 - for version 4.2.6.1031 check here.
 - for version 5.0.0.1033 and up check here.

You have to  re-distribute your applications with the control that you build your project and is registered in your development system

UNICODE build works ONLY in Windows 2000, XP and 2003. If the operating system of your clients is Windows 95, 95B, 98, 98SE or ME then you
have to use the standard (ANSI) build.

Standard ANSI build works to all windows platforms (95,98,ME,NT,2000,XP,2003).

Unicode provides a unique number for every character, no matter what the platform, no matter what the program, no matter what the language. Unicode enables a single software product to be targeted across multiple platforms, languages and countries without re-engineering. it allows data to be transported through many different systems without corruption.

For example: If you save a drawing in a machine that has Japanese language in the regional default settings and another person that has a different language at his machine, now he is able to to open and see all the Japanese texts and table names as they are.

If your application doesn't need any of the above features and applies to machines with the same regional setting of your country, then use the ANSI build to avoid creating two different setups depending the operating system.  If your application language is ENGLISH then use the ANSI build.