Installing language support

The QMF base installation loads all of the panels and maps in English. If you require QMF in another or different language, you need to order one or more of the National Language Features (NLFs) of QMF.

You can distinguish base installation members from NLF members by a single character abbreviation known as the National Language Identifier (NLID). In the manual, and throughout the QMF library, we use the letter n to represent the NLID. For example, if you are installing DSQ3FINS.Z for French support, you substitute F in place of the n in member name DSQ3nINS.Z. The same member name for English support, DSQ3EINS.Z., lists all of the languages and their associated NLIDs.

Table 34. NLIDs representing QMF base (English) and National Language Features (NLFs)
Language	NLID (n)
Brazilian Portuguese	P
Canadian-French	C
English	E
French	F
German	D
Italian	I
Japanese	K
Korean	H
Spanish	S
Swiss French	Y
Swiss German	Z
Uppercase English	U

The uppercase feature (UCF) uses the English language, but converts all test to uppercase characters. The uppercase characters allow users working with Katakana terminals to use the product and get English online help and messages. Terminals equipped with Katakana support include IBM 3277, 3278, and 3279 terminals, as well as IBM 5550 Multistations.

NLF install process

You begin an NLF installation by scanning the tape for the base product. After the tape is restored to disk, you continue through the installation procedures for the base install, up to the point of CICS tailoring. You must complete the installation of the base product, up to CICS tailoring, before you install the NLFs. While doing the base installation, ignore the sections in the procedures that apply to NLFs.

After the base product is installed, go back through the same procedures and follow the directions that apply for an NLF. Continue with CICS tailoring and customize both the base and the NLFs at the same time. Last, run the Installation Verification Procedures (IVPs) for the base product and for each NLF.

The NLF-specific installation jobs are:

DSQ3nINS This job is the same as DSQ3EINS, except that it loads the panel files in your national language. This is a mandatory step.
DSQ3nDBI This job is the same as DSQ3EDBI, except that it loads the sample tables and profile table in your national language. This is a mandatory step for each database that you connect to CICS.
DSQ3nLNK This job is the same as DSQ3ELNK, except it link-edits the national language parts of QMF. This is an optional step depending on the product versions you have installed.

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