ASP 3.0 The Complete Reference

Chapter 30

Going Global in ASP (Outline)

Examples of Language Issues

What is Globalization/Internationalization?

What do you need to be concerned with?

Character Encoding

UTF-8 subset of unicode

Iconography and Symbolism

Content Issues

Size

Most European languages are 30% larger htan English when translated

Labels are 2 to 4 times larger

Wrapping Issues

Font Names

Addresses

Phone Numbers

Salutations

Units of Measure

DataTypes

Date Time

Currency

Numbers

Character Layout

Vertical

Right to Left

Sorting

When to Incorporate

What You Need

The Example A Multi-Language Form

Separating the Content from the Code

Using Lookup Tables for presentation Text - Labels

Code Naming Conventions

Serverside Issues

getLocale

setLocale

Header Issues

HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE

Code Pages

Language ID

Locale ID

SQL Server

Client Side Issues

IE Language Capabilities

Style Sheets

Format Functions

Database Issues

Using NVarChar