Re: Multi Language Support on the AS/400

[Denis Robitaille <denisr@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck Lewis wrote:
> 
> Hello folks,
> 
> We are a company based in the U.S. with one AS/400 (a 530 2-way)
> currently supporting 640 + users at 8 locations in the U.S. and Canada
> via frame relay and 56k digital leased lines. We have locations all over
> the world running their own standalone systems (everything from AS/400's
> to DEC's, etc.).
> 
> We have a location in Mexico that we will be adding to our AS/400 and we
> need to provide Spanish language support. Is anyone doing anything like
> this ? Any performance hits/storage hits or other problems ?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
You will have to install a secondary language on your system. This will
require extra disk space but should have no impact on performance. The
biggest problem may comes from your application. Is it multilangual?
remember, nout only the screen and reports must be multilangual, but
also the data (product desription ...)
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