Open Client/Server International Developer’s Guide contains information for developers writing international Open Client/Server™ applications.
Open Client/Server International Developer’s Guide is written for Open Client/Server application developers. Readers are expected to have a basic knowledge of Client-Library™, DB-Library™, Embedded SQL™, or Server-Library.
Open Client/Server International Developer’s Guide contains the following chapters and appendixes:
Chapter 1, “Understanding Internationalization and Localization” defines internationalization and localization and discusses the advantages of writing international applications.
Chapter 2, “How Localization Works” explains how the Open Client/Server localization mechanism works.
Chapter 3, “Writing Internationalized Open Client/Server Applications” explains how to write international Open Client/Server applications.
Chapter 4, “Coded Character Set Conversion Support” explains how character set conversion works in Open Client/Server products.
Chapter 5, “Editing the Locales File” describes what is in the locales file and explains how to change it.
Chapter 6, “Creating or Changing Collating Sequences” explains how to create and change collating sequence files.
Appendix A, “What’s New in This Release” describes the changes and additions to Open Client/Server libraries that are related to internationalization features.
Appendix B, “Directories and Files Related to Internationalization” describes the Open Client/Server directories and files that are related to internationalization.
Appendix C, “External Localization File Syntax” describes external localization file syntax.
The Open Client Client-Library Reference Manual contains reference information for Open Client Client-Library.
The Open Client Client-Library Programmer’s Guide contains information on how to design and implement Client-Library programs.
The Open Server Server-Library Reference Manual contains reference information for Open Server™ Server-Library.
The Open Client and Open Server Common Libraries Reference Manual contains reference information for CS-Library. CS-Library is a collection of utility routines that are useful in both Client-Library and Server-Library applications.
The Open Client/Server Configuration Guide contains platform-specific information for system administrators. It includes information about:
Sybase environment variables
Sybase configuration files, including the interfaces file and the locales file
Common configuration tasks
The Open Client/Server Programmer’s Supplement contains platform-specific information for programmers using Open Client/Server products. This document includes information about:
Compiling and linking an application
The example programs that are included online with Open Client/Server products
Routines that have platform-specific behaviors
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Localization file content is shown in the following font:
char = 0x42=0x62
;letter B, b
Routine names and Transact-SQL keywords are shown as follows:
cs_ctx_alloc, the select statement
File names are italicized:
locales.dat
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