You can use an
EGL wizard to create a bidirectional conversion
table (BCT).
To
use the wizard, follow
these steps:
- Click .
The New window
opens.
- Click to expand Bidi Conversion Table Wizard,
then
click Bidi Conversion Table.
- Click Next.
The New Bidi Conversion Table window
opens.
- Under Enter or select the parent folder,
enter
the name folder where you want to create the table. The directory
must be
in the classpath for the application that uses it.
- For File
name, enter a name for the Bidi Conversion
table. The name of a bidi conversion table used with EGL programs
must have
four characters or less, and must have the .bct extension.
- Click Next.
The Client System settings page opens.
- In the Code
page list, select the encoding for
the type of application you are generating. You can specify any valid
code
page for client and server, including UTF-8. The following table shows
some
examples:
Table 1. Encoding for bidi conversion tablesUse |
Language |
Client encoding for bidi conversion table |
Server encoding for bidi conversion table |
COBOL generation |
Arabic |
Cp1256 |
Cp864 |
COBOL
generation |
Hebrew |
Cp1255 |
Cp1255 |
Java™ program
that calls a remote COBOL program
or EGL service |
Arabic |
Cp1256 |
Cp420 |
Java program
that calls a remote COBOL program
or EGL service |
Hebrew |
Cp1255 |
Cp424 |
- Change any Client
System properties necessary.
Note that for Java generation, the conversion
table client code page
must be the same as the java.lang.System.file.encoding set
for the Java Virtual Machine when the program
runs.
- Change any or Client Text attributes necessary.
For the Ordering Scheme of server attributes,
the following
considerations apply:
- For Java generation,
the ordering scheme should be set to Implicit,
while encoding should be the same as your local system encoding.
- For COBOL generation, you should usually set the ordering scheme
to Visual and
set the server code page to Cp420 for Arabic or Cp424 for Hebrew.
The client
format will depend on the client that you use.
- Click Next.
The Server System settings page opens.
- Change the Server
System properties and Server
Text attributes if necessary.
- Click Next.
The Conversion Options page opens.
- Change the Arabic
Conversion Options and General
Conversion Options if necessary.
- Click Finish.