# When linking Chinese named windows

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-linking-chinese-named-windows/24816>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-linking-chinese-named-windows/24816 "2019-05-09T03:59:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![1264034959](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/bcef8e/32.png) [@1264034959](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/1264034959)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-linking-chinese-named-windows/24816/1 "2019-05-09T03:59:45Z")

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Hi, I met two problems during my project development.  
One is that when linking Chinese named windows, It always pops up an error window. Is Chiese still poor compatible? ![%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/6/620987054a8f716736ca215b75c92086e8308046.png) ![%E9%93%BE%E6%8E%A5%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E7%AA%97%E5%8F%A3%E6%8A%A5%E9%94%99](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/c/c8882b83cb5372e4aa9a5e501cae199ad7897c03.png)  
The other problem is that when tab strip customizer, main menu appears in the main display area. Show the shear charts below. ![%E4%B8%BB%E8%8F%9C%E5%8D%95%E9%87%8D%E5%8F%A0](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/b/bae6beb8798d5bb24065ba6cfa173a7ffa6acf0c.png)  
Looking forword your reply! Sincerely！

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-linking-chinese-named-windows/24816/2 "2019-05-09T14:00:40Z")

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For your first question, when using characters outside of 7-bit ASCII in Python, you need to mark the strings as Unicode strings, like this  
`print u'你好'`

If you’re still having an issue once you make that change, click onto the Details tab of the error and post the full error and we can help you some more.