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Supporting International Characters and Formatting (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

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1/6/2010

Character encoding is the foundation for any form of text processing; if it is handled poorly, the software is difficult to localize or internationalize. A program also requires functionality that observes language rules and cultural conventions. Windows Embedded CE provides support for numerous character codes as well as linguistic and cultural conventions through Unicode and national language support (NLS). Unicode is a universal character encoding system, while NLS carries information on date, time, calendar, number, and currency formats. NLS also provides sorting and character–type information for all the locales supported by the operating system.

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Internationalizing Software
National Language Support (NLS)
Unicode Script Processor for Complex Scripts