Information Catalog Manager Programming Guide and Reference

National language considerations

Unless otherwise specified, the Information Catalog Manager commands, parameters, required property short names, data type names, indicator values, and option values are not translated for national language versions, and must be entered in English.

Translated required properties

The 80-byte names of required registration properties and object type properties are translated into the national language.

The English names for the required registration properties are:

• EXTERNAL NAME OF OBJ TYPE
• PHYSICAL TYPE NAME
• DP NAME
• CREATOR
• LAST CHANGED BY
• LAST CHANGED DATE AND TIME

The English names for the required object type properties are:

• Object type identifier
• Instance identifier
• Name
• Last Changed Date and Time
• Last Changed By

The translated names are returned in the output structure produced by the FLGInit call.

Specifying values in languages other than English

Most metadata values stored in an information catalog can be stored in any language. This section describes the guidelines for using SBCS characters and DBCS characters in values with the Information Catalog Manager.

Values that use SBCS characters only

• DP NAME (object type short name) values
• Property short names
• PT NAME (physical type name) values

Values that can use SBCS or DBCS characters

• NAME (external name of an object type) values
• Property names, other than those required for object types and registrations
• Property values for user-defined properties
• Values for the following API call parameters:

  FLGCreateReg

  pszIconFileID

  FLGGetReg

  pszIconFileID

  FLGExport

  pszTagFileID, pszLogFileID, pszIcoPath

  FLGImport

  pszTagFileID, pszLogFileID, pszIcoPath

  FLGInit

  pszUserID, pszPassword, pszDatabaseName

  FLGManageIcons

  pszIconFileID

  FLGMdisExport

  pszTagFileID, pszLogFileID, pszObjTypeName, pszObjectName

  FLGMdisImport

  pszTagFileID, pszLogFileID

  FLGUpdateReg

  pszIconFileID

  FLGXferTagBuf

  pszTagFileID