A QMF National Language Feature (NLF) is a non-English version of QMF. When running a QMF NLF, you can issue QMF commands in the presiding language or in English by setting a QMF global variable. When you choose English, the QMF panels appear in the presiding language, but only English commands are accepted.
If you select English, any NLF session can run a procedure that is written in English (if all the QMF commands in the procedure are in English). This increases the portability of procedures among the various NLFs by providing a common language for QMF commands.
You can use the following English commands in any QMF NLF session without switching to English:
For an example of how to use QMF's bilingual capabilities, see Developing DB2 QMF Applications.