Internationalization

Views allows users to develop international versions of software. You will find information on:

• What is i18n? is a brief introduction to internationalization.

• Checklist for Localized Environments lists the requirements for success in Creating a Program to Run in a Localized Environment. Further topics detail requirements for Locale Requirements, Required Fonts, and Localized Message Database Files in Views. A Troubleshooting checklist gives some problem-solving techniques if localized messages do not appear on your system during the development phase.

• Using Views with Far Eastern Languages describes special considerations for multibyte character languages.

• Data Input Requirements

• Limitations of Internationalization Features

• There is a Reference: Encoding Listings of the encodings supported by Views and extensive tables in Reference: Supported Locales on Different Platforms

Note This chapter explains how to use Views internationalization features. To learn how to write internationalized software, you should refer to general books on the subject.