Multicultural support considerations for message catalogs

WebSphere® Message Broker converts any message that is loaded from the listed supported code pages into the local code page of the running processes (brokers) before output to the syslog.

You must provide symbolic links to your primary message catalogs for all locales that you intend to support. WebSphere Message Broker uses the LC_MESSAGES variable when opening message catalogs.

Multicultural support considerations on Windows

Windows platform When you build a message file for Windows® that contains multiple locales, ensure that the computer's locale is set to a western European locale (for example, English (United Kingdom)) before building the message catalogs. Use the chcp (Change Code Page) command to ensure that the code page is 850.

Write or convert all your message files (those with file type .mc) to the following code pages; each message file should be compiled separately by the message compiler with the additional flag that is specified in the following table.

DBCS message files do not need to be in Unicode (no -U flag). Use the RC command to 'resource compile' all the files and then use the link command to build a single message DLL.

Locale Code page Additional Flags
English (United States) 437 -U
German (Standard) 850 -U
Spanish (Modern Sort) 850 -U
French (Standard) 850 -U
Italian (Standard) 850 -U
Portuguese (Brazilian) 850 -U
Japan 932  
Simplified Chinese (China) 1381  
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) 950  
Korean 949  

Multicultural support considerations on Linux and UNIX

When you build message catalogs for Linux® and UNIX®, ensure that the catalogs are built in the code pages defined in the following table.

Locale Code page
English 437
German 850
Spanish 850
French 850
Italian 850
Portuguese (Brazilian) 850
Japan 932
Simplified Chinese (China) 1381
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) 950
Korean 949

Multicultural support considerations on z/OS

z/OS platform When you build message catalogs for z/OS®, ensure that the catalogs are built in the code pages defined in the following table.

Locale Code page
English 1047
Japan 939
Simplified Chinese (China) 1388
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