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.