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Multicultural support considerations for message catalogs
WebSphere® Message Broker converts any message that is loaded from the listed supported code pages into the local code page of the running processes (brokers) before output to the syslog.
You must provide symbolic links to your primary message catalogs for all locales that you intend to support. WebSphere Message Broker uses the LC_MESSAGES variable when opening message catalogs.
Multicultural support considerations on Windows
When you build a message file for Windows that contains multiple locales,
ensure that the locale on the computer is set to a western European
locale (for example, English (United Kingdom)) before building the
message catalogs. Use the chcp (Change Code Page)
command to ensure that the code page is 850.
Write or convert all your message files (those with file type .mc) to the following code pages; each message file should be compiled separately by the message compiler with the additional flag that is specified in the following table.
DBCS message files do not need to be in Unicode (no -U flag). Use the RC command to 'resource compile' all the files, then use the link command to build a single message DLL.
Locale | Code page | Additional Flags |
---|---|---|
English (United States) | 437 | -U |
German (Standard) | 850 | -U |
Spanish (Modern Sort) | 850 | -U |
French (Standard) | 850 | -U |
Italian (Standard) | 850 | -U |
Portuguese (Brazilian) | 850 | -U |
Japan | 932 | |
Simplified Chinese (China) | 1381 | |
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) | 950 | |
Korean | 949 |
Multicultural support considerations on Linux and UNIX
When you build message catalogs for Linux and UNIX systems, ensure that the catalogs are built in the code pages defined in the following table.
Locale | Code page |
---|---|
English | 437 |
German | 850 |
Spanish | 850 |
French | 850 |
Italian | 850 |
Portuguese (Brazilian) | 850 |
Japan | 932 |
Simplified Chinese (China) | 1381 |
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) | 950 |
Korean | 949 |
Multicultural support considerations on z/OS
When you build message catalogs for z/OS® systems, ensure that the catalogs
are built in the code pages defined in the following table.
Locale | Code page |
---|---|
English | 1047 |
Japan | 939 |
Simplified Chinese (China) | 1388 |