Programmer's Guide to Writing Programs

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Chapter 7: Internationalization Support

• 7.1 Overview
  • 7.1.1 National Language Support (NLS)
  • 7.1.2 Double-Byte Character Set (DBCS) Support
    • 7.1.2.1 DBCS Transparency Support
    • 7.1.2.2 Double-Byte Line Draw and Graphics Characters
    • 7.1.2.3 Additional Syntax to Support DBCS
  • 7.1.3 Support for Translation between ASCII and EBCDIC
• 7.2 Operation
• 7.3 Setting Up the Environment for NLS and DBCS
• 7.4 Compiling Programs with NLS
• 7.5 Running Your NLS Program
  • 7.5.1 String Comparisons
  • 7.5.2 Class Condition Tests
  • 7.5.3 Key Comparisons in Indexed Sequential Files
  • 7.5.4 SORT and MERGE Comparisons
  • 7.5.5 Case Conversion
  • 7.5.6 Collating Sequence Operations
  • 7.5.7 Editing and De-editing Moves
  • 7.5.8 Intrinsic Functions Numval and Numval-c
  • 7.5.9 User Interfaces
• 7.6 Mixing Programs with and without NLS
• 7.7 Writing NLS Message Files
• 7.8 NLS Library Routines
• 7.9 Converting Between ASCII and EBCDIC
  • 7.9.1 Converting ASCII/EBCDIC Data Using the CHARSET Directive
  • 7.9.2 Current Limitations on ASCII and EBCDIC
  • 7.9.3 Collating Sequences for ASCII and EBCDIC
  • 7.9.4 Replacing the Default ASCII/EBCDIC Converter
    • 7.9.4.1 Preconfigured ASCII/EBCDIC Converters
    • 7.9.4.2 Files Supplied for the _CODESET Program
  • 7.9.5 Converting ASCII/EBCDIC Data Using the CODESET Program
    • 7.9.5.1 Invoking the _CODESET Program
    • 7.9.5.2 Configuring CODESET with the Codecomp Utility
      • 7.9.5.2.1 Format of the Mapping Files for Codecomp
      • 7.9.5.2.2 Example of Configuring _CODESET Using Codecomp
  • 7.9.6 Configuring the _CODESET Program Manually