DBCS and National Language Support

The Data Type and Exception Class Library provides double-byte character set (DBCS) support and national language support (NLS). You can use one source file for your application code and provide DBCS and NLS support by using separate resource files for the languages you support. The benefits of this organization include the following:

Because message strings are defined in either resource files or message catalogs, they can be translated easily to your local language without changes to the source code.

You should note the following when creating a DBCS-enabled application:



Overview of National Language Support
Double-Byte Character Set Support


Turning on Internationalization Semantics
Setting the Locale