Configuring DBCS support

Configuring Windows

1. Open the Windows Control Panel, and click Region and Language.
2. In the Keyboards and Languages tab, click Change Keyboards.
3. In the General tab, click Add.
4. Select one or more language keyboard check boxes, and click OK.
5. Click OK twice.

   The Input Method Editor (IME) loads for the language so you can input double-byte characters.

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

With multiple language support, the input language is changed by pressing Alt+Shift. An icon in the Windows status bar changes from EN (English) to the other language symbols.

Configuring BlueZone

Emulation settings

1. Start a BlueZone Mainframe or iSeries Display or Printer session.
2. Ensure that the session is disconnected from the host. The DBCS code page must be configured before connecting to the host.
3. In the BlueZone menu bar, click Session → Configure, and click the 3270/5250 Emulation tab.
4. In the Language (CCSID) list, select one of the following DBCS languages:

   • Chinese (Simplified) DBCS (935)

   • Chinese (Traditional) DBCS(937)

   • Japanese English DBCS (931)

   • Japanese Katakana DBCS (5026)

   • Japanese Latin DBCS (5035)

   • Korean DBCS (933)

5. Click OK.
6. Click Session → Connect, and run your DBCS application.
7. To enter English data, ensure that the input locale is set to English (EN) in the Windows status bar.
8. Press Alt+Shift to change the locale to the selected Asian language, and click the status bar icon to open 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

For the BlueZone display session to display single-byte Japanese characters properly, you must select a single-byte Japanese font.

1. On the BlueZone menu bar, click Options → Display, and click the Font tab.
2. In the Font Selection group, click Change, and select a Japanese Font.
   Tip: MS Mincho and MS Gothic are two Japanese capable fonts that are installed in Windows.
3. In the Script list, select Japanese.
4. Click OK.
5. Save the display session.

Print Screen settings

To print screens containing Japanese double-byte and single-byte characters, you must select a Japanese printer font.

1. On the BlueZone menu bar, click File → Print Setup, and click the Font tab.
2. Click Change, and select a Japanese Font.
3. In the Script list, select Japanese.
4. Click OK.
5. Save the display session.