Supporting International Characters and Formatting (Windows CE 5.0)

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Character encoding is the foundation for any form of text processing; if it is handled poorly, the software is difficult to localize or internationalize. A program also requires functionality that observes language rules and cultural conventions. Microsoft® Windows® CE provides support for numerous character codes as well as linguistic and cultural conventions through Unicode and national language support (NLS). Unicode is a universal character encoding system, while NLS carries information on date, time, calendar, number, and currency formats. NLS also provides sorting and character-type information for all the locales supported by the operating system.

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Internationalizing Software

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