GLOBAL SOLUTIONS FOR MULTILINGUAL APPLICATIONS: REAL WORLD TECHNIQUES FOR DEVELOPERS AND DESIGNERS

Chapter 6: Developing Multilingual Applications

The following links are discussed in Chapter 6 and appear here in the order they appear in the book.

Windows Development Information and Resources

• "Supporting Multilanguage Text Layout and Complex Scripts with Windows NT 5.0": http://www.m icrosoft.com/msj/1198/multilang/multilangtop.htm
• Windows development details on bidirectional Middle Eastern languages: http://www.micros oft.com/globaldev/mideast/meissues.asp
• Windows development details on East Asian languages that use vertical text: http://www.micros oft.com/globaldev/fareast/vertical.asp
• National Language Support: http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/non%20mirror/back%20up/gbl-gen/nlsuppor ..htm
• Microsoft's Going Global site: http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev
• Windows internationalization design considerations: http://www.microso ft.com/win32dev/uiguide/uigui445.htm

Calendars

• Calendars in use worldwide: http://www.panix.com/~wlinde n/calendar.shtml

Mac OS Development Information and Resources

• Mac OS Text Encoding Converter: http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/TextEncodingCMgr/TECRefBook-40.html
• Apple Developer site: http://www.apple.com/developer
• Inside Macintosh: Text: http://developer ..apple.com/techpubs/mac/Text/Text-2.html
• "Transitioning to Mac OS X": http://developer.apple.com/macos

Java Development Information

• Online lessons in Java internationalization: http://java.sun.c om/docs/books/tutorial/i18n/index.html

Linux/Unix Development Information and Resources

• The Portable Application Standards Committee: http://www.pasc.org
• "Alphabet Soup: The Internationalization of Linux": http://www.ssc.com/lj/issue59/3286.htm l

Development Tools

• Batam: http://www.alis.com
• Developer's Kit for Unicode (UDK): http://www.sybase.com
• Flores: http://www.alis.com
• Global C: http://www.uniscape -inc.com/products/c_features.shtml
• PassWord: http://www.mv.com/ipusers/ noetic/password.html
• PolyGlot: http://www.prettyobjects.com
• PowerBuilder: http://www.sybase.com/product s/powerbuilder
• ProVoice and PrimoVOX: http://www.fbyte.com
• Rosette: http://www.basistech.com/products
• SSA-NAME3: http://www.searchsoftware.com/s saprod.htm
• TX Text Control: http://www.griftech.com/html/Tx.htm
• Visual Basic: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic
• Visual Basic Language Manager Pro: http://www.whippleware.com
• WinMASS 2000: http://www.starglobe.com

Other T ools

• Global Checker: http://www.uni scape-inc.com/products/c_java_features.shtml
• I18n Expeditor: http://www.onerealm.com
• InstallShield International: http://www.installshield.com

Other Development Resources

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ISBN 0-471-34827-9
272 pages
September, 1999

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