• (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1991, 1994. All rights reserved.
• Version Notice
• About This Book
  • Who Should Use This Book
  • Terms Used
  • Notations Used
    • Distinction of HOST code and PC code
• DBCS in IBM Systems
  • SBCS
  • DBCS
  • Considerations Required to Support DBCS
    • No Language Knowledge Required for DBCS Enabling
    • Differences between SBCS and DBCS System Hardware
    • Uniqueness in DBCS Input, Output, and Manipulation
  • DBCS Supported Code Structure
    • Coded Character Sets
      • Character Set and Code Page
      • Combined Code Page ID (Mixture of SBCS and DBCS)
      • Extended Code Pages
      • IBM Standard and National Standard
      • SBCS PC Code for Each DBCS Language
      • DBCS PC Code for Each DBCS Language
      • Code Page Supported in DBCS OS/2 2.1
      • User Definable Characters
      • DBCS Alphanumeric Characters
      • DBCS PC Code Area Tables
    • Country Code and Combined Code Page
    • How To Use Both DBCS and SBCS in a String
  • DBCS Personal System Hardware
  • DBCS OS/2
    • What is DBCS OS/2
    • DBCS OS/2 System Structure
    • OS/2 Common DBCS Related Functions
    • DBCS OS/2 Additional and Unique Function
• Where You Should Support DBCS (Hypothetical Applications)
  • Types of Character Data
  • Hypothetical Applications
    • Business Application (Order Entry)
    • Programming Language Compiler
    • Full Screen General Editor
• General Considerations
  • Considerations for Enabling DBCS
  • Considerations for Languages
• String Manipulation
  • Basics on String Manipulation
    • Data Type
    • Byte-Counting or Character-Counting
    • Byte-Based Operation or Character-Based Operation
  • Padding, Truncation, ...
  • Insertion and Appending
  • Comparison, Search, ...
  • Replacing/Overwriting Characters
  • Ordering
  • Normalization - Wide Character
  • Text Processing
• Presentation
  • Keyboard Input
    • Keyboard and Input Methods
      • DBCS Keyboard and Input Method Basic
        • DBCS Keyboard and Keyboard Mode
        • DBCS Input Method
    • Keyboard and Input Methods in DBCS PM
      • Input Mechanism in DBCS PM
      • Frame Controls
      • DBCS Input and PM Application Programs
        • WC_DBE_KBDSTAT
        • WC_DBE_PECIC
        • WC_DBE_APPSTAT
        • MDI (Multiple-Document Interface)
      • On-The-Spot Conversion in DBCS PM
    • WM_CHAR
    • Mnemonics and Accelerator Key
      • Alternate Mnemonics
      • Accelerator Key
  • Control Windows in DBCS PM
    • DBCS PM Unique Window Controls
    • Dialog Box
    • Single Line Entry Field Control
      • ES_SBCS
      • ES_DBCS
      • ES_MIXED
      • ES_ANY
    • Multi-line Entry Field Control
      • Styles
      • Word Wrap
      • Search and Change
        • Case-insensitivity
    • Prompted Entry Field Control
  • Text Output
    • Fonts
      • MBCS Fonts
        • MBCS Raster Fonts
        • MBCS Font Facename and Size
        • MBCS Outline Fonts
      • Available Fonts in DBCS PM
        • Available Raster Fonts
        • Available Outline Fonts
          • Short Vector Outline Fonts
          • ATM Outline Fonts
      • Different Fonts Handling of DBCS OS/2
        • Proportional DBCS Font
        • System Default Font
          • System Default Font Size Difference
          • System Default Font Can Be Selected
        • Different Display Devices Resolution
        • Fonts for UDC
      • Font Handling Consideration in DBCS PM
        • Font Size Handling
        • Dialog Unit and Dialog Size Handling
        • Loading Fonts
        • Querying/Creating Fonts
        • Proportionally-Spaced Fonts
        • Selecting An MBCS Font
          • Select a Default Font
          • Select a Scalable Font
        • Summary of Font Handling
    • Moving Cursor
      • Horizontal Cursor Move
      • Vertical Cursor Move
    • Text Formatting
      • Word Break and Punctuation
      • Char Extra and Breakchar Extra
      • Vertical Writing
  • Hardware Variation
    • dif .Display Resolution
    • Printing Devices
  • Supported Code Pages in OS/2 API
  • Code Translation
    • WinCpTranslateChar
    • WinCpTranslateString
  • Character vs. Byte
  • Include Files
• Database
  • Data Types
    • Byte-Counting or Character-Counting
      • LENGTH Scalar Function
      • SUBSTR Scalar Function
      • SQLLEN Field of SQLDA
    • Truncation
    • Constants
    • LIKE Predicate
      • For Character Strings:
      • For Graphic Strings:
    • VARGRAPHIC Scalar Function
    • Comparison and Ordering
  • Naming Conventions
  • Code Pages
    • SQLDA and SYSCOLUMNS System Catalog
• Communication
  • Data Exchange with Host
    • Code Translation
    • Data Type
  • CONVERT and GET_CP_CONVERT_TABLE
  • TrnsDt
    • TrnsDt and WinCpTranslateString
  • 3270 Emulator
  • 5250 Emulator
  • 3270 File Transfer
    • Different Keyword/Syntax
    • Additional Parameters
    • Host File Transfer Program
  • EHLLAPI (Emulator High-Level Language API)
    • OIA (Operator Information Area)
      • OIA Image
        • Code Point and Character Differences
        • Shift Status and CAPS Lock Status
        • Additional Error Status Indications
      • OIA Group
    • Session Options
      • EAD/NOEAD, SO/NOSO/SPACESO and Affected Functions
      • EAD or NOEAD
      • SO, NOSO or SPACESO
      • ESC and EOT
    • Field and Character Attributes
      • ATTRB Session Option
      • EAB Session Option
      • EAD Session Option
    • DBCS Considerations in General
      • Cursor Position
      • PS Position (at Copy Target)
      • PS Position (at Copy Source)
      • Search
    • DBCS Considerations in a Specific Function
      • COPY STRING TO FIELD (33)
      • COPY STRING TO PS (15)
      • GET KEY (51)
      • SEND KEY (3)
      • SET SESSION PARAMETERS (9)
  • LAN Server and Requester
• Hints and Tips
  • DBCS Support in a Typical Application Model
    • A Typical Application Data Processing Model
      • Input Data
        • Block Device
        • Character Device
        • Other Input Device
      • Process Data
      • Output Data
      • Help Information
    • A Typical Application Module Structure
      • The Control Information
        • The country code
        • The code page
        • The language ID
        • The DBCS environment vector
      • The Handling Methods
      • The Handling Resources
    • Data Processing Style
  • Single Module
    • For both SBCS and DBCS
      • Avoid Hard-coding
      • Run-Time Dynamic Link of DBCS OS/2 Unique Functions
    • For All Countries (Country-Independence)
  • Modifying existing SBCS Products for DBCS Support
    • Hard─Coded Modules
  • Concerns on Planning
  • DBCS Application Development Environments
    • Different NLVs of Toolkit
    • Dialog Editor
    • Font Editor
    • RC Resource Compiler
    • IPFC Information Presentation Facility Compiler
      • Compiler Option
      • Sortkey
      • Codepage
      • APSYMBOL.APS File
    • C Programming Language Compiler
    • IBM C Set++ for OS/2 V2.1
      • C Compiler
      • C Runtime Library
      • PM Debugger
      • Other utilities
    • OS/2 System Kernel Debugger
  • Test Consideration
    • Test Phase
      • Functional Verification Test
      • SVT/PVT Phase
    • Test Data
      • File Data or Field Data
      • Keyboard Input Data
      • Display and Printer Output
• SBCS Code Table of Each Combined Code Page
  • Japanese Extended Code Page 1041 (for 942)
  • Korea Extended Code Page 1040 (for 944)
  • Tradition Chinese Extended Code Page 1043 (for 948)
  • Korean Standard (KS) Code Page 1088 (for 949)
  • IBM GB Code Page 1115 (for 1381)
  • IBM BIG-5 Code Page 1114 (for 950)
  • Code Page 437
  • Code Page 850
• DBCS PC Code Area Tables
  • DBCS PC Code Area for Korean. (934, 944)
  • DBCS PC Code Area for Korean. (949)
  • DBCS PC Code Area for Simplified Chinese (1381)
  • DBCS PC Code Area for Traditional Chinese (938, 948)
  • DBCS PC Code Area for Traditional Chinese (950)
• System Structure of Each DBCS OS/2 NLVs
  • OS/2 H
  • OS/2 P
  • OS/2 T
• Keyboard and Input Method in Each DBCS Country
  • Japanese Keyboard and Kana-to-Kanji Conversion
    • Japanese Keyboard
    • Japanese Input Method - Kana-to-Kanji Conversion
  • Korean Keyboard and Korean Input Methods
    • Korean Keyboard
    • Korean Input Method - Hangeul-to-Hanja Conversion
  • Chinese Keyboard and Input Methods
    • Keyboard and Input Methods in T-Chinese
    • Keyboard and Input Methods in S-Chinese
• OS/2 APIs In Different NLVs
• EHLLAPI In Different NLVs