TransMagic Japanese Display Fix in Windows 10

[Velkas]

I came across your article about WonderSwan development in 2020 and have been toying around with thing.

I'm leaving this to let you know that in Windows 10 you can change the language for non-unicode programs.

Open Settings > Time & Language > Language > Administrative language settings > Language for non-Unicode programs > Set to Japanese.

While it's not much of difference if you can't read the language, it might still help with searching documentation for translations.

[dwalizer]

Thanks for the comment! I seem to recall getting the language changed correctly when I originally messed with it on Windows 7, but never bothered to really dig in with Windows 10, so I appreciate the comment. Hopefully you're finding what I've written somewhat useful. I've been meaning to get back to messing with the Wonderwitch when I have more time.

[Velkas]

It was very helpful getting the first program to run! Thank you so much.

I realize this isn't the place for it but I was wondering if you knew anything about the SDK itself-- I'm having trouble finding documentation that explains anything of use as a novice C/C++ learner. Is there an API library or any overview of the available libraries with the WonderWitch? Just looking to be pointed in the right direction.

[dwalizer]

So depending on how you got your WonderWitch, you should have a book called the MagicalBook which includes information on the hardware/software and API stuff. I think some amount of this is included as webpages in the WonderWitch files (in the doc folder of the WonderWitch content). There should be a pdf file in there called something like wwman2nd-2001100218.pdf that has a lot of this info. If you don't have this, there is a disc image on archive.org that says it has a pdf of the MagicalBook.

You'll have quite a challenge ahead of you though, as the documentation is entirely in Japanese, and you might find the API to be difficult to parse. But there's also a folder called samples in the WonderWitch content that includes a lot of fairly simple different programs that you can use to see how things work in practice. I also have a few more articles on my website related to the WonderWitch and some of the development aspects of it.

Hope that helps! Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions.