How to Configure DBCS Support

Windows Requirements

In order to support Double Byte Character Sets (DBCS ), your Windows workstation must be configured for one or more double-byte languages.

For Windows 98, you must install a native Asian version of Windows 98.

For Windows 2000 and above, you can add language support through the Control Panel/Regional Options.  Check the box under Language Settings for Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese.

On the Input Locales tab, click the Add button to add the corresponding input locale.  This will load the Input Method Editor (IME ) for your language so you can input double-byte characters.

NOTE  You may be required to provide your Windows 2000 Installation CD in order to load the double-byte character support.  Also, you may be required to reboot your system before these new settings can take effect.

With multiple language support, the input language is changed by keying Alt+Shift.

This will cause an icon in the status bar to change from EN (English) to various other symbols representing the other languages.

BlueZone Configuration

Emulation Settings

  1. Start a BlueZone Mainframe Display (or Printer) session.

  2. On the BlueZone MenuBar, go to Session:Configure, and choose the 3270 /5250 Emulation tab.

  3. In the Language Selection list box, set the language to one of the following DBCS languages:
    Chinese (Traditional) DBCS
    Chinese (Simplified) DBCS
    Japanese DBCS
    Korean DBCS

and click the OK button.

  1. Connect to your host and run your DBCS application.

  2. To enter English data, make sure the input locale is set to English (EN in your Windows Status Bar).

  3. Alt+Shift will change the locale to the selected Asian language, and clicking on the status bar icon will allow you to bring up the IME options to select a keypad or other option for entering DBCS characters.

NOTE  The host application must allow DBCS input in a field for DBCS characters to be accepted.

Display Settings

Also, for the BlueZone Display session to properly display single-byte Japanese characters, a single byte Japanese font must be selected.

  1. On the BlueZone MenuBar, go to Options:Display and select the Font tab.

  2. Under the Font Selection group, click the Change button and select a Japanese Font.  The Font Selection dialog will display.

TIP  MS Mincho and MS Gothic are two Japanese capable fonts that are installed in Windows.

  1. Go to the Script: drop down box and select Japanese.

  2. Click OK to save the changes.

Print Screen Settings

To print screens containing Japanese double-byte and single-byte characters a Japanese printer font must be selected.

  1. On the BlueZone MenuBar, go to File:Print Setup and select the Font tab.

  2. Click the Change button and select a Japanese Font.  

TIP  MS Mincho and MS Gothic are two Japanese capable fonts that are installed in Windows.

  1. Go to the Script: drop down box and select Japanese.

  2. Click OK to save changes.

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IME Options