This variable supports the transfer of double-byte character variables and string literals and has meaning only on 32-bit Windows systems that support double-byte characters (e.g. Asian Windows machines). It should not be set in other environments and is needed only if you are passing data to a COBOL program from another language, such as Visual Basic, and are using C$GETVARIANT or C$SETVARIANT. By using the LC_ALL configuration variable, you cause the runtime to set the locale to a particular value. You do not need to set this variable on Japanese machines. The runtime automatically detects Japanese versions of Windows and automatically sets the locale, LC_ALL, to "Japanese_Japan.932".
The default value for this variable is "C". The C locale assumes that all characters are 1 byte and that their value is always less than 256. The value of LC_ALL is in the format:
language[_country[.code_page]]
or
.code_page
where "language" is one of the supported language strings, "country" is one of the supported country or region strings, and "code_page" is the Windows code page setting for the language and country. "country" and "code_page" are optional. For example, the following are all equivalent:
LC_ALL Japanese LC_ALL Japanese_Japan LC_ALL Japanese_Japan.932 LC_ALL .932
For Korean double-byte character support under Windows use:
LC_ALL Korean
For Chinese use:
LC_ALL Chinese
or
LC_ALL Chinese-simplified
or
LC_ALL Chinese-traditional
The following are the supported language strings:
| Chinese
| Chinese
| "chinese"
|
| Chinese
| Chinese (simplified)
| "chinese-simplified" or "chs"
|
| Chinese
| Chinese (traditional)
| "chinese-traditional" or "cht"
|
| Czech
| Czech
| "csy" or "czech"
|
| Danish
| Danish
| "dan" or "danish"
|
| Dutch
| Dutch (Belgian)
| "belgian", "dutch-belgian", or "nlb"
|
| Dutch
| Dutch (default)
| "dutch" or "nld"
|
| English
| English (Australian)
| "australian", "ena", or "english-aus"
|
| English
| English (Canadian)
| "canadian", "enc", or "english-can"
|
| English
| English (default)
| "english"
|
| English
| English (New Zealand)
| "english-nz" or "enz"
|
| English
| English (UK)
| "eng", "english-uk", or "uk"
|
| English
| English (USA)
| "american", "american english", "american-english", "english-american",
"english-us", "english-usa", "enu", "us", or "usa"
|
| Finnish
| Finnish
| "fin" or "finnish"
|
| French
| French (Belgian)
| "frb" or "french-belgian"
|
| French
| French (Canadian)
| "frc" or "french-canadian"
|
| French
| French (default)
| "fra" or "french"
|
| French
| French (Swiss)
| "french-swiss" or "frs"
|
| German
| German (Austrian)
| "dea" or "german-austrian"
|
| German
| German (default)
| "deu" or "german"
|
| German
| German (Swiss)
| "des", "german-swiss", or "swiss"
|
| Greek
| Greek
| "ell" or "greek"
|
| Hungarian
| Hungarian
| "hun" or "hungarian"
|
| Icelandic
| Icelandic
| "icelandic" or "isl"
|
| Italian
| Italian (default)
| "ita" or "italian"
|
| Italian
| Italian (Swiss)
| "italian-swiss" or "its"
|
| Japanese
| Japanese
| "japanese" or "jpn"
|
| Korean
| Korean
| "kor" or "korean"
|
| Norwegian
| Norwegian (Bokmal)
| "nor" or "norwegian-bokmal"
|
| Norwegian
| Norwegian (default)
| "norwegian"
|
| Norwegian
| Norwegian (Nynorsk)
| "non" or "norwegian-nynorsk"
|
| Polish
| Polish
| "plk" or "polish"
|
| Portuguese
| Portuguese (Brazilian)
| "portuguese-brazilian" or "ptb"
|
| Portuguese
| Portuguese (default)
| "portuguese" or "ptg"
|
| Russian
| Russian (default)
| "rus" or "russian"
|
| Slovak
| Slovak
| "sky" or "slovak"
|
| Spanish
| Spanish (default)
| "esp" or "spanish"
|
| Spanish
| Spanish (Mexican)
| "esm" or "spanish-mexican"
|
| Spanish
| Spanish (Modern)
| "esn" or "spanish-modern"
|
| Swedish
| Swedish
| "sve" or "swedish"
|
| Turkish
| Turkish
| "trk" or "turkish"
|
| Australia
| "aus" or "australia"
|
| Austria
| "austria" or "aut"
|
| Belgium
| "bel" or "belgium"
|
| Brazil
| "bra" or "brazil"
|
| Canada
| "can" or "canada"
|
| Czech Republic
| "cze" or "czech"
|
| Denmark
| "denmark" or "dnk"
|
| Finland
| "fin" or "finland"
|
| France
| "fra" or "france"
|
| Germany
| "deu" or "germany"
|
| Greece
| "grc" or "greece"
|
| Hong Kong
| "hkg", "hong kong", or "hong-kong"
|
| Hungary
| "hun" or "hungary"
|
| Iceland
| "iceland" or "isl"
|
| Ireland
| "ireland" or "irl"
|
| Italy
| "ita" or "italy"
|
| Japan
| "japan" or "jpn"
|
| Mexico
| "mex" or "mexico"
|
| Netherlands
| "nld", "holland", or "netherlands"
|
| New Zealand
| "new zealand", "new-zealand", "nz", or "nzl"
|
| Norway
| "nor" or "norway"
|
| Peoples Republic of China
| "china", "chn", "pr china", or "pr-china"
|
| Poland
| "pol" or "poland"
|
| Portugal
| "prt" or "portugal"
|
| Russia
| "rus" or "russia"
|
| Singapore
| "sgp" or "singapore"
|
| Slovak Republic
| "svk" or "slovak"
|
| South Korea
| "kor", "korea", "south korea", or "south-korea"
|
| Spain
| "esp" or "spain"
|
| Sweden
| "swe" or "sweden"
|
| Switzerland
| "che" or "switzerland"
|
| Taiwan
| "taiwan" or "twn"
|
| Turkey
| "tur" or "turkey"
|
| United Kingdom
| "britain", "england", "gbr", "great britain","uk", "united kingdom", or
"united-kingdom"
|
| United States of America
| "america", "united states", "united-states", "us", or "usa" |