Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Xi´an Shiyou Univ., Xi´an, China
Abstract :
According to Unicode theory, this paper introduced a solution for developing international software based on Unicode. Firstly, multi-language support software system concept and main characteristics was presented. Secondly, Unicode basic concept was given. Thirdly, several type of character encoding were discussed, includes SBCS (Single-Byte Character Set), MBCS (Multi-Byte Character Set), and Unicode. Fourthly, the implementing software multi-language support based on Unicode was then explained in detail, such as defining a string, compiler settings and file storage, and bilingual GUI. Finally, it pointed out that based on Unicode to design the internationalization software will become a new trend in the industry.
Keywords :
graphical user interfaces; program compilers; programming languages; software engineering; MBCS; SBCS; Unicode theory; bilingual GUI; character encoding; compiler settings; file storage; internationalization software; multibyte character set; multilanguage support software system; single-byte character set; Computers; Encoding; Graphical user interfaces; Programming; Software systems; Standards; Arabic; Character Encoding; Multi-Byte Character Set; Single-Byte Character Set; Unicode;
