Using National Language Support

The discussion on using National Language Support (NLS) is divided into the following topics:

• Calling the "Locale Name" Functions
• Handling Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
• Handling Sorting in Your Applications
• Mapping Locale Data
• Retrieving and Setting Locale Information
• Retrieving Time and Date Information
• Era Handling for the Japanese Calendar
• Using Persistent Locale Data
• Using Pseudo-Locales for Localization Testing
• Using Unicode Normalization to Represent Strings
• Working with Custom Locales
• NLS: Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Conversion Sample
• NLS: Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Mitigation Sample
• NLS: Name-based APIs Sample
• NLS: Unicode Normalization Sample