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Displaying National Characters in Server-Side Graphics on UNIX and Linux

Procedure: How to Set the LANG Parameter in the Client Configuration File (cgivars.wfs)

  1. Sign in to the WebFOCUS Administration Console.

    The Configuration tab opens.

  2. From the navigation pane, click Client Settings.

    The Client Settings page appears, as shown in the following image.


    WebFOCUS Client Settings in Administration Console

  3. Set the IBI Language parameter to the locale, as shown in the following image.

    IBI Language field in the WebFOCUS Administration Console

    The following table displays some of the more common values for IBI Language.

    Locale ID

    Language and Country

    zh_CN

    Chinese (Simplified), China

    zh_TW

    Chinese (Traditional), Taiwan

    da_DK

    Danish, Denmark

    de_DE

    German, Germany

    en_US

    English, US

    es_ES

    Spanish, Spain

    fr_FR

    French, France

    it_IT

    Italian, Italy

    ja_JP

    Japanese, Japan

    ko_KR

    Korean, South Korea

    pt_BR

    Portuguese, Brazil
  4. Click Save to store the settings.
  5. Click Close to exit the console.

Procedure: How to Display UNIX and Linux Locale Values

  1. At the shell prompt, type: 
    locale -a
  2. A list of supported values displays.

    For example, on UNIX platforms configured for Japanese, the value can be any of the following depending on how the locale is configured on the web server.

    • ja_JP
    • ja_JP.eucjp
    • ja_JP.ujis
    • ja_JP.utf8
    • japanese
    • japanese.euc
    • japanese.sjis

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