Mike, "what" are you looking to do here ? Are you looking at storing data with these extended character sets ? and/or "simply" displaying screens/reports with tags appropriate for the language/country (eg: a Brit would probably prefer to see an English screen, rather than French or German)
I can't speak for SB+ (never used it), though I thought it did have some language translation features - at the DBMS level you MIGHT need NLS as well (though we actually found it "got in the way" when dealing with multi-byte (Chinese) character sets) The problem you point out with the mailer underscores the nee to ensure you have the "right" codepages loaded on the client, but I assume that will b the case 4U Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage - an Evolution in Software Development >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Farrant >Sent: Wednesday, 27 April 2005 11:20 PM >To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >Subject: RE: [U2] [UV][SB+] foreign character-set support > >Clearly the engine for this mail-list is re-interpreting the characters >I am trying to send. This kind of epitomizes the problem I am having! > >Mike Farrant > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Farrant >Sent: 27 April 2005 13:13 >To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >Subject: [U2] [UV][SB+] foreign character-set support > >Has anyone any experience in setting up users in places where the >language involves the use of extend characters such as i m a } > x h h 9 >l? > >I am currently using: > Hostaccess terminal emulator > or SB Client v4.5 > HP-UX B.11.11 > Universe 9.6.1.6 > SB+ 3.4.0/7 > >Unix, Universe and SB+ is shared with other sites across Europe so we >need some way of having a localized login/configuration for our people >in the countries that use these extended character sets. > >If anyone can offer any help I'd greatly appreciate it. > >Thanks, > >Mike Farrant >------- >u2-users mailing list >u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >------- >u2-users mailing list >u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
