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Internationalization Guide


Regional Parameter Files

A useful technique for controlling a Progress client session or server is to use a parameter file (.pf file) with a startup or connection command. Progress provides parameter files that set up Progress sessions appropriately for a wide range of countries. You can use parameter files to specify the correct code-page settings for international applications. For example, you could use the following parameter file to specify the code page settings for a Swedish application:

-d ymd -lng "Swedish" -cpcoll Swedish -cpcase Basic  

The Progress session you start with this parameter file displays dates by year, month, and day. It runs the Swedish language edition of the code that was translated using the Progress Translation Management System (-lng “Swedish”). Progress sorts character data according to Swedish alphabetization rules (-cpcoll Swedish). And it follows the guidelines in the Basic case table when converting between uppercase and lowercase characters (-cpcase Basic).

The international parameter files are located in the DLC/prolang subdirectories. Parameter files are region or country specific rather than language specific because parameter files set options that can vary from country to country. The DLC/prolang/ger directory has parameter files for Austria, Germany, and Switzerland to account for the differences among these German-speaking countries.


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