Sams White Book: Internationalization with Visual Basic® (PDF)

Internationalization with Visual Basic is designed to get the Visual Basic developer into the realm of applications that can run in different locales and even process data from multiple localesInternationalization with Visual Basic explains how to create a Visual Basic application that will support the international marketplace. The readers will learn the important differences between globalization, multinationalization, and localization and how each affects their application. The book explains these concepts in detail while teaching the reader how to build an international application in Visual Basic. Readers will learn the importance basic user interface issues as well as going beyond the default language setting to handle these global issues. Included at the end of the book is an extensive reference section that will include valuable resources and links, character references, language identifiers, and various currency, date, and calendar formatsSpecific topics covered will include: Using calendarsRegional settingsBuilding localized applicationsHandling localized resources with satellite DLLsHandling external formatsWeb interface issuesExtending ASP with components and servicesCreating documentation and using HTML helpThis is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version