Why am I unable to use Korean block names and path names in Simulink 7.1 (R2008a)?

I implement the following steps in Simulink 7.1 (R2008a)

1. Open simulink new-model editor. 

2. Drag and drop some block into the model. 

3. Re-name the block in Korean and Save the model. 

Simulink complains that Korean characters cannot be saved:

 

??? Error using ==> save_system

 

If  I execute the following commands

 

bdclose all; set_param(0, 'CharacterEncoding', 'ISO-8859-1')

 

I can save mdl file with Korean named block.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This enhancement has been incorporated in Release 2011b (R2011b).  For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds: 

 

There is a limitation in Simulink 7.1 (R2008a) in the way that non ISO-8859-1, US-ASCII, Windows-1252, or Shift-JIS, character encodings are saved or loaded for the first time. Attempting to save or load such a model will cause an error.

As a workaround, execute the following at the MATLAB command prompt, and then save the model.

 

load_system('simulink');

feature('MultibyteCharSetChecking',0);