Encoded Confusion

Baiscally I have Nvar data in a database and I want to populate a datgridview
in french.

I understand the basics of globalization and have done a bit but not on the
data level.

Can anyone point me to the right resources to start understanding this
concept of language translation of data.

Sean,

You suppose to see data in French without any additional steps. Do you have
any specific issue?

--
Val Mazur
Microsoft MVP
http://xport.mvps.org


"Sean" wrote:

> Baiscally I have Nvar data in a database and I want to populate a datgridview
> in french.
>
> I understand the basics of globalization and have done a bit but not on the
> data level.
>
> Can anyone point me to the right resources to start understanding this
> concept of language translation of data.

No specific issue we are playing with the idea of international markets and
wonder if we can take a database with English written data and convert it to
another language.

The reason we are looking into do this is basically my understanding that
this is exactly what Unicode is for which is why I was the one who brought up
the idea. However, I am still somewhat vague as to what Unicode actually does
and how.

So I post here hoping for links to information becuase when I search I get a
feeling I dont even fully understand what I am searching for.

"Val Mazur (MVP)" wrote:

> Sean,
>
> You suppose to see data in French without any additional steps. Do you have
> any specific issue?
>
> --
> Val Mazur
> Microsoft MVP
> http://xport.mvps.org
>
>
> "Sean" wrote:
>
> > Baiscally I have Nvar data in a database and I want to populate a datgridview
> > in french.
> >
> > I understand the basics of globalization and have done a bit but not on the
> > data level.
> >
> > Can anyone point me to the right resources to start understanding this
> > concept of language translation of data.

Sean,

I would expect that you could have issues on a server side. You need to be
sure that database supports specific language. On a client side all the
strings are in Unicode format and you suppose to see everything properly

Val Mazur
Microsoft MVP
http://xport.mvps.org

"Sean" <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:80D87403-0E90-4F4D-BEC8-03EF91C63DAD@microsoft.com...
> No specific issue we are playing with the idea of international markets
> and
> wonder if we can take a database with English written data and convert it
> to
> another language.
>
> The reason we are looking into do this is basically my understanding that
> this is exactly what Unicode is for which is why I was the one who brought
> up
> the idea. However, I am still somewhat vague as to what Unicode actually
> does
> and how.
>
> So I post here hoping for links to information becuase when I search I get
> a
> feeling I dont even fully understand what I am searching for.
>
> "Val Mazur (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Sean,
>>
>> You suppose to see data in French without any additional steps. Do you
>> have
>> any specific issue?
>>
>> --
>> Val Mazur
>> Microsoft MVP
>> http://xport.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> "Sean" wrote:
>>
>> > Baiscally I have Nvar data in a database and I want to populate a
>> > datgridview
>> > in french.
>> >
>> > I understand the basics of globalization and have done a bit but not on
>> > the
>> > data level.
>> >
>> > Can anyone point me to the right resources to start understanding this
>> > concept of language translation of data.

So in theory if I set my localizations properly in my web.config file my
datagrid will automatically translate to the proper language?

I tried that but I didnt put anything on the website that would confirm I
set it right (ie a date)

"Val Mazur (MVP)" wrote:

> Sean,
>
> I would expect that you could have issues on a server side. You need to be
> sure that database supports specific language. On a client side all the
> strings are in Unicode format and you suppose to see everything properly
>
> Val Mazur
> Microsoft MVP
> http://xport.mvps.org
>
> "Sean" <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:80D87403-0E90-4F4D-BEC8-03EF91C63DAD@microsoft.com...
> > No specific issue we are playing with the idea of international markets
> > and
> > wonder if we can take a database with English written data and convert it
> > to
> > another language.
> >
> > The reason we are looking into do this is basically my understanding that
> > this is exactly what Unicode is for which is why I was the one who brought
> > up
> > the idea. However, I am still somewhat vague as to what Unicode actually
> > does
> > and how.
> >
> > So I post here hoping for links to information becuase when I search I get
> > a
> > feeling I dont even fully understand what I am searching for.
> >
> > "Val Mazur (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >> Sean,
> >>
> >> You suppose to see data in French without any additional steps. Do you
> >> have
> >> any specific issue?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Val Mazur
> >> Microsoft MVP
> >> http://xport.mvps.org
> >>
> >>
> >> "Sean" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Baiscally I have Nvar data in a database and I want to populate a
> >> > datgridview
> >> > in french.
> >> >
> >> > I understand the basics of globalization and have done a bit but not on
> >> > the
> >> > data level.
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone point me to the right resources to start understanding this
> >> > concept of language translation of data.
>
>
>

Yes, it suppose to work

--
Val Mazur
Microsoft MVP
http://xport.mvps.org


"Sean" <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A69328A3-FA76-43D8-AB74-E37AF72BE056@microsoft.com...
> So in theory if I set my localizations properly in my web.config file my
> datagrid will automatically translate to the proper language?
>
> I tried that but I didnt put anything on the website that would confirm I
> set it right (ie a date)
>
> "Val Mazur (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Sean,
>>
>> I would expect that you could have issues on a server side. You need to
>> be
>> sure that database supports specific language. On a client side all the
>> strings are in Unicode format and you suppose to see everything properly
>>
>> Val Mazur
>> Microsoft MVP
>> http://xport.mvps.org
>>
>> "Sean" <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:80D87403-0E90-4F4D-BEC8-03EF91C63DAD@microsoft.com...
>> > No specific issue we are playing with the idea of international markets
>> > and
>> > wonder if we can take a database with English written data and convert
>> > it
>> > to
>> > another language.
>> >
>> > The reason we are looking into do this is basically my understanding
>> > that
>> > this is exactly what Unicode is for which is why I was the one who
>> > brought
>> > up
>> > the idea. However, I am still somewhat vague as to what Unicode
>> > actually
>> > does
>> > and how.
>> >
>> > So I post here hoping for links to information becuase when I search I
>> > get
>> > a
>> > feeling I dont even fully understand what I am searching for.
>> >
>> > "Val Mazur (MVP)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Sean,
>> >>
>> >> You suppose to see data in French without any additional steps. Do you
>> >> have
>> >> any specific issue?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Val Mazur
>> >> Microsoft MVP
>> >> http://xport.mvps.org
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Sean" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Baiscally I have Nvar data in a database and I want to populate a
>> >> > datgridview
>> >> > in french.
>> >> >
>> >> > I understand the basics of globalization and have done a bit but not
>> >> > on
>> >> > the
>> >> > data level.
>> >> >
>> >> > Can anyone point me to the right resources to start understanding
>> >> > this
>> >> > concept of language translation of data.
>>
>>
>>