Re: Rép. : Re: Multilanguage support questions

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 15/11/2007, at 6:58 AM, Denis Robitaille wrote:

> Unfortunatly, we use PC, laptop, citrix session, thin client .... to
> connect. We also use telnet from another system I so we can not use  
> the
> workstation to route the job.

ALL of these methods eventually connect to the host Telnet server.  
You can use the Telnet initialisation exit point to force a  
particular device naming convention. Each device can then have a  
different prefix (e.g., French = FRA*, German = DEU*, Spanish =  
ESP*). Once that works you can use normal work management support to  
direct these devices into an appropriate subsystem.

For example, you would create subsystems for each of your supported  
national languages. Each subsystem would have the appropriate sign-on  
display file and system library list entry specified:
	CRTSBSD SBSD(FRENCH) POOLS(*INTERACT) SGNDSPF(QSYS2928/QDSIGNON)  
SYSLIBLE(QSYS2928)
	CRTSBSD SBSD(GERMAN) POOLS(*INTERACT) SGNDSPF(QSYS2931/QDSIGNON)  
SYSLIBLE(QSYS2931)
	CRTSBSD SBSD(SPANISH) POOLS(*INTERACT) SGNDSPF(QSYS2929/QDSIGNON)  
SYSLIBLE(QSYS2929)

Each subsystem would have a workstation name entry for the  
appropriate prefix:
	ADDWSE SBS(FRENCH) WRKSTN(FRA*)
	ADDWSE SBS(GERMAN) WRKSTN(DEU*)
	ADDWSE SBS(SPANISH) WRKSTN(ESP*)

The only remaining area of concern is the CCSID in which the user job  
runs. This can have an effect on how the national language characters  
are rendered at the workstation. The solution to that is to specify  
the appropriate CCSID on the user profile:
	CHGUSRPRF french-user CCSID(297)
	CHGUSRPRF german-user CCSID(273)
	CHGUSRPRF spanish-user CCSID(284)

Probably should specify the appropriate LANGID, CNTRYID, DATFMT,  
DATSEP, TIMSEP, DECFMT, and LOCALE too.

The "Change Password" and "Sign-on Information" panels and the  
"Message Queue in use" message are handled by the QWTPIIPP program.  
This is the "Initialisation Phase Program"--effectively the system  
level initial program for job. This program eventually hands control  
to the routing program for the job which for interactive jobs should  
invoke the initial program or menu specified on the user profile or .

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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