National Language Support (NLS)

The following parameters provide national language support (NLS). These parameters were updated between Version 2.1 and 3.0 of OS/2. All of the parameters shown in the following table are supported in the current IPF compiler.

┌─────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│up to Version 2.1        │Version 3.0 and higher                            │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│/COUNTRY = nnn           │-d: nnn (nnn = a numeric value)                   │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│/CODEPAGE = nnnn         │-c: nnnn (nnnn = a numeric value)                 │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│/LANGUAGE = xxx          │-l: xxx (xxx = alphabetic letters)                │
└─────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

If you do not specify these parameters, the default for /COUNTRY or -d: nnn and /CODEPAGE or -c: nnnn are the values specified in your CONFIG.SYS file.

Refer to the "Information Presentation Facility" chapter in the OS/2 Bidirectional Language Support Developer's Guide and Reference.


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