Programmer's Guide to Writing Programs

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Chapter 8: Internationalization Support

• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 National Language Support (NLS)
• 8.3 Double-Byte Character Set (DBCS) Support
  • 8.3.1 DBCS Transparency Support
  • 8.3.2 Double-Byte Line Draw and Graphics Characters
    • 8.3.2.1 Additional Syntax to Support DBCS
  • 8.3.3 Support for Translation between ASCII and EBCDIC
• 8.4 Enabling Internationalization
• 8.5 Setting Up the Environment for NLS and DBCS
• 8.6 Creating Programs That Use NLS
• 8.7 Running Your NLS-Enabled Program
  • 8.7.1 String Comparisons
  • 8.7.2 Class Condition Tests
  • 8.7.3 Key Comparisons in Indexed Sequential Files
  • 8.7.4 SORT and MERGE Comparisons
  • 8.7.5 Case Conversion
  • 8.7.6 Collating Sequence Operations
  • 8.7.7 Editing and De-editing Moves
  • 8.7.8 Intrinsic Functions Numval and Numval-c
  • 8.7.9 User Interfaces
• 8.8 Mixing NLS-enabled and Non-NLS-enabled Programs
• 8.9 Writing NLS Message Files
• 8.10 NLS Library Routines
• 8.11 Converting Between ASCII and EBCDIC
  • 8.11.1 Converting ASCII/EBCDIC Data Using the CHARSET Directive
  • 8.11.2 Current Limitations on ASCII and EBCDIC
  • 8.11.3 Collating Sequences for ASCII and EBCDIC
  • 8.11.4 Converting ASCII/EBCDIC Data Using the CODESET Program
  • 8.11.5 Configuring _CODESET with the Codecomp Utility
    • 8.11.5.1 Creating Mapping Files
    • 8.11.5.2 Specifying New Translation Schemes
    • 8.11.5.3 Format of the Mapping Files for Codecomp
    • 8.11.5.4 Example of Configuring _CODESET Using Codecomp
  • 8.11.6 Configuring the _CODESET Program Manually