QMF National Language Feature (NLF) considerations

The QMF National Language Feature (NLF) is a software feature that provides QMF users with a QMF environment tailored to the language of their choice. NLFs enable users to enter QMF commands, view help, and perform QMF tasks in languages other than English. NLFs are installed as separate features of QMF.

Example

When a user elects to operate QMF in a German-language environment, QMF commands, keywords, panels, and messages are displayed in German.

A NLF does not provide any new QMF function. In general, anything users can do in the base English-language session can be done in an NLF session, and vice versa. For the most part, the procedures for both the base and NLF sessions are the same; however, any special considerations for NLF users are preceded by the phrase: If you are using an NLF.

A QMF NLF is installed after you have installed QMF. For a description of NLF, see Installing a QMF Version 7.2 National Language Feature (NLF).

Some names of programs and phases shown in this book have an n symbol in them, indicating that the name can vary. If you are using an NLF, replace all n symbols you see in this book with the one-character national language identifier (NLID) from Table 29 that matches the NLF you installed. The table also shows the names by which QMF recognizes each language.

The uppercase feature (UCF) uses the English language, but converts all text to uppercase characters. The uppercase characters allow users working with Katakana terminals to use the product and get English online help and messages. Terminals equipped with Katakana support include IBM 3277, 3278, and 3279 terminals, as well as IBM 5550 Multistations.