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Client APIs and toolsYou can use the HCL OneDB™ implementation of client APIs to develop applications for HCL OneDB™ database servers.
GLS User's GuideThese topics describe the Global Language Support (GLS) feature available in HCL® OneDB® products.The HCL OneDB™ GLS User's Guide describes the Global Language Support (GLS) feature available in HCL® OneDB® products.
General SQL API features (ESQL/C)These topics explain how the GLS feature affects applications that you develop with the HCL OneDB™ Client Software Development Kit.
Globalize client applicationsTo globalize or localize a client application, use HCL® OneDB® GLS, an application programming interface (API) for applications that use a C-language interface.
LocalizationLocalization is the process of adapting a product to a specific cultural environment.

Localization

Localization is the process of adapting a product to a specific cultural environment.

This process usually involves the following tasks:

Creating culture-specific resource files
Translating message or resource files
Setting date, time, and money formats
Translating the product user interface

Localization might also include the translation and production of end-user documentation, packaging, and collateral materials.

To localize a database application, you create a database application for a specific language, territory, and code set. Localization involves the following tasks:

Ensure that GLS locales exist for the language, territory, and code set you want.
Translate the character strings in any external resource or message files that the application uses.

Important: A globalized application is much easier localize than a non-globalized application.