HP Data Entry and Forms Management System (VPLUS) Reference Manual (32209-90024)

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NATIVE LANGUAGE SUPPORT
8 NATIVE LANGUAGE SUPPORT
VPLUS Native Language Support (NLS) enables an applications designer to create
interactive user applications which reflect both the user's native language and the local
custom for numeric and date information in the supported languages. (See Native
Language Support Reference Manual for an explanation of supported languages.) NLS
provides these specific features in VPLUS:
• Native decimal and thousands indicators.
• Native language month names for dates.
• Alphabetic upshifting of native characters.
• Native characters in single value comparisons, table checks, and range checks.
• Native collating sequence in range checks and single value comparisons.
VPLUS does not support the application design process in native languages. Form names,
field identifiers and field tags support only USASCII characters.
REFSPEC and REFORMAT do not use NLS features. These programs interact with users
in NATIVE-3000 only.