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<h1 class="topictitle1">Application part names</h1>
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<div><p>When you want to enable your application for different languages
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and countries, consider the environments of the target systems in your naming
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conventions.</p>
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<p>Use characters that are available, can be displayed, and can be printed
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in all the target environments. Use only characters of the invariant character
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set whenever you specify names for:</p>
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<ul><li>Libraries</li>
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<li>Database files</li>
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<li>Device files (display or printer)</li>
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<li>Help panels</li>
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<li>Message files</li>
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<li>User commands</li>
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<li>Programs</li>
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<li>Record formats</li>
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<li>Fields</li>
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</ul>
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<p>All other characters either vary their meaning or might not be available
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on the keyboard.</p>
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<p>To create an internationalized application, you need to divide your application
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objects into related parts that are textual data and nontextual data. Your
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naming conventions should be able to distinguish between these parts. You
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should also be able to distinguish between the textual data of different languages.
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You can do this by separating the objects into different libraries.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Scenario: Library naming convention</h4><p>Your library
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naming convention can look like this:</p>
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<pre>AAATTTLL</pre>
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<p>where:
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<span class="uicontrol">AAA</span> is the application identification; <span class="uicontrol">TTT</span> is
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the type of objects; and <span class="uicontrol">LLL</span> is the language code.</p>
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<p>This
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naming convention allows you to have all libraries that belong to an application
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grouped together because you have a unique identifier (AAA) at the beginning.</p>
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<p>The
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second part (TTT) allows you to distinguish between different types of objects:</p>
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<dl><dt class="dlterm">Textual data</dt>
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<dd> <ul><li>Display files</li>
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<li>Printer files</li>
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<li>Message files</li>
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<li>Help panels</li>
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<li>User command</li>
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<li>Cultural values</li>
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<li>Database files with NLS-sensitive information and specifications</li>
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<li>NLS-dependent program modules</li>
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</ul>
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</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">Nontextual data</dt>
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<dd>Programs</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">Data</dt>
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<dd>Database files</dd>
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</dl>
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<p>The third part (LLL) allows you to specify the national
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language version for all the textual data parts. This allows you to use the
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same names for objects of the different national language versions within
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the different libraries. Your program is able to use different objects by
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just rearranging the library list accordingly when the job is run.</p>
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<p>The
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initial library list can be taken from the job description. You can build
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a new library list by specifying the library list in the INLLIBL parameter
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of the Create Job Description (CRTJOBD) command for a new job description,
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or of the Change Job Description (CHGJOBD) command for an existing
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job description. The following figure shows an example of this.</p>
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<br /><img src="rbags505.gif" alt="Application in two different language versions" /><br /></div>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbagsarngandarchdsgngd.htm" title="When you design an international application, consider the ways that you can organize and structure your application so that it can be used in an international environment.">Application arrangement and architecture</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rbagsinvariantcharset.htm">Invariant character set</a></div>
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<div><a href="rbagsdatabasedefs.htm" title="You define a file to specify certain facts, and the specifications are then used on database files.">Database definitions</a></div>
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