MPE XL Native Language Programmer's Guide: 900 Series HP 3000 Computer Systems

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HP Part Number: 32650-90207

Edition: Second Edition

Published: Printed in U.S.A. 1990

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

Why NLS?
Scope of Native Language Support

2 Supported Native Languages

8-Bit Character Sets
Language- Dependent Characteristics

3 NLS Components

NLS System Utilities
Configuring Native Languages
NLS Intrinsics
Peripheral Support
Conversion Utilities
Application Message Facility

4 NLS in the Subsystems

5 Accessing NLS Features

Intrinsics
Native Language Attribute
Commands

6 Implicit Language Choice in Subsystems

NLUSERLANG and NLDATALANG JCWs
NLGETLANG Intrinsic
User-Defined Commands (UDCs)

7 Application Programs Accessing NLS

File Naming Conventions
General Application Program
Application Program Without NLS
Single Language Application
Multilingual Applications
Subsystem Utility Program

A Character Sets

B Collating Sequences

Language-Dependent Variations

Spanish
Danish/Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish

C EBCDIC Mapping

Background Data
ROMAN8 to EBCDIC Mapping

D Converting 7-Bit to 8-Bit Data

National Substitution Sets

Conversion Utilities

Conversion Algorithm

Conversion Procedure

N7MF8CNV Utility

I7DB8CNV Utility

V7FF8CNV Utility

V7FF8CNV and Alternate Character Sets

Group 1 - HP 2392A, 2625A, 2627A, 2628A, 2700, and 150
Group 2 - HP 2622A, 2623A, 2626A, and 2382A

V7FF8CNV Operation

E Application Guidelines

All Programming Languages
COBOL II/XL (HP 32233A)
FORTRAN (HP 32102B)
SPL (HP 32100A)
RPG (HP 32104A)
BASIC (HP 32101B)
Pascal (HP 32106A)

F Example Programs

Sort from a COBOLII Program
Sort from a Pascal Program
Sort from a FORTRAN Program
Format Date and Time from a FORTRAN Program
Format Date and Time from an SPL Program
Scan and Move Character Strings from a COBOLII Program
Scan and Move Character Strings from an SPL Program
Translate and Relpace Characters from a COBOLII Program
Compare Character Strings from a COBOLII Program
Compare Character Strings from an SPL Program
Obtain Language Information from a COBOLII Program

List of Figures

3-1 GENCAT Utility Program
7-1 General Application Program Format
7-2 Application Program Without NLS
7-3 Single Language Application
7-4 Multilingual Application
7-5 Subsystem Utility Program
A-1 USASCII Character Set
A-2 ROMAN8 Character Set
A-3 KANA8 Character Set
A-4 ARABIC8 Character Set
A-5 GREEK8 Character Set
A-6 TURKISH8 Character Set
A-7 PRC15 Character Set
A-8 ROC15 Character Set
A-9 JAPAN15 Character Set
A-10 KOREA15 Character Set
D-1 N7MF8CNV Dialog
D-2 I7DB8CNV Dialog

List of Tables

3-1 NLS Intrinsic Categories
A-1 Languages Supported by NLS
B-1 Collating Sequence Priority
B-2 Collating Sequence
B-3 Spanish Language-Dependent Variations
B-4 Danish/Norwegian Language-Dependent Variations
B-5 Swedish Language-Dependent Variations
B-6 Finnish Language-Dependent Variations
C-1 ROMAN8 to EBCDIC Mapping
D-1 Table D-1 Conversion Utilities
D-2 Character Conversion Decimal Values
D-3 Special Character Conversion


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