TRANSFER Installation and Management Guide

National Language Support
Defining a TRANSFER System
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Character Maps
A character map is a set of rules for internally representing characters in the base
character sets. These rules map—establish a correspondence between—the code that
the terminal uses to represent each character on the keyboard or screen to the internal
character. These maps are customized to support the characters used in the
corresponding national language. A French correspondent’s terminal, for instance,
uses a different character map from an English correspondent’s terminal.
Character maps do not affect the text in general. These maps apply only to the names
of correspondents, folders, and distribution lists that a correspondent enters and to the
messages that TRANSFER generates.
Configuring Character Sets
Certain translated versions of PS MAIL 6530 and PS MAIL 3270 use alternate character
sets. To ensure correct mapping between the characters that a correspondent enters or
sees on the screen and the internal code used by the terminal, you must do the
following:
Configure the correspondent’s national language by typing the language ID on the
ADMIN TRANSFER CORRESPONDENT PROFILE screen.
Volume 1 of the TRANSFER Administration Guide, the Reference Manual, discusses
the CORRESPONDENT PROFILE screen.
Configure the system language and character map by typing the language ID and
the character map ID on the ADMIN TRANSFER SYSTEM CONTROL screen.
Section 9 of this manual, “Using ADMIN to Administer TRANSFER,” discusses
the SYSTEM CONTROL screen.
If you are using a language different from the system language, specify in the
START-SESSION-B40 UOW that initializes each session the character set and map
desired for the session.
To help you specify the character set and map for your version of PS MAIL 6530 or
PS MAIL 3270, Tandem provides a set of programs. These programs are available
on the DSV for each language; softdocs provide installation and usage
instructions. Appendix D of this manual includes the source text from one of the
languages as an example: SMGERMAN is used to initiate German PS MAIL and
SAGERMAN is used to initiate ADMIN to run with the German character set. The
programs for other languages have comparable names—SMFRENCH and
SASWEDISH, for instance.
If the ADMIN SYSTEM CONTROL screen has specified the correct language, it is
not necessary to use a special starter program.