| March 15, 2011 11:00 PM PDT | |
Introduction
Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA) is a suite of tools that helps graphics developers analyze and optimize their games and applications for the PC market.
Some users may notice that multi-byte characters appear as "?" in the various dialog boxes within the tools, as well as files created by the product (such as frame capture files).
The rest of this article describes the issue and how to work around the problem.
Symptoms, Analysis, and Resolution
When using the Intel® GPA Monitor, if you use multi-byte characters in the "Analyze Application..." dialog boxes, you may notice that filenames may appear with one or more "?" instead of the characters that you expected. This may also be seen when creating frame capture or trace capture files, as these filenames by default include the name of the original application in the first part of the filename.
However, the problem only occurs when a user has a non-localized operating system version, but uses non-English letters for programs and filenames.
To resolve this problem, on Microsoft Windows 7* go to Start-> Control Panel-> Region and Language-> Administrative tab, and change the current language for non-Unicode programs to the same language as you use for programs and filenames.
Below is a screenshot of the dialog box that you will need to change:
The development team is aware of the problem, and is considering what options exist for resolving this issue in a future release of the product.
* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA) is a suite of tools that helps graphics developers analyze and optimize their games and applications for the PC market.
Some users may notice that multi-byte characters appear as "?" in the various dialog boxes within the tools, as well as files created by the product (such as frame capture files).
The rest of this article describes the issue and how to work around the problem.
Symptoms, Analysis, and Resolution
When using the Intel® GPA Monitor, if you use multi-byte characters in the "Analyze Application..." dialog boxes, you may notice that filenames may appear with one or more "?" instead of the characters that you expected. This may also be seen when creating frame capture or trace capture files, as these filenames by default include the name of the original application in the first part of the filename.
However, the problem only occurs when a user has a non-localized operating system version, but uses non-English letters for programs and filenames.
To resolve this problem, on Microsoft Windows 7* go to Start-> Control Panel-> Region and Language-> Administrative tab, and change the current language for non-Unicode programs to the same language as you use for programs and filenames.
Below is a screenshot of the dialog box that you will need to change:
The development team is aware of the problem, and is considering what options exist for resolving this issue in a future release of the product.
* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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This article applies to: Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA), Visual Computing Source, Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers Knowledge Base
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