More on Unicode and Converting RPG Applications

摘要

In a previous article, "Unicode and System i: Evolution Rather than Revolution," (August 2009, article ID 63871 at SystemiNetwork.com), I showed how easy it could be to take an "English-only" interactive RPG application and transform it to support diverse languages such as English, Russian, and Chinese concurrently on a 5250 display file. In the case of the SHIPTORPG sample program presented in that article, this support for multiple languages was as simple as changing the database with the Change Physical File (CHGPF) command to use Unicode, then recompiling the *DSPF and RPG application. If you haven't read the August article, I recommend that you do so now. This article makes many references to the program, display file, and databases reviewed in the initial article.