Multicultural support considerations on Windows
When you build a message file for Windows that contains multiple locales,
ensure that the locale on the computer is set to a western European
locale (for example, English (United Kingdom)) before building the
message catalogs. Use the chcp (Change Code Page)
command to ensure that the code page is 850.
Write or convert all your message files (those with file type .mc) to the following code pages; each message file should be compiled separately by the message compiler with the additional flag that is specified in the following table.
DBCS message files do not need to be in Unicode (no -U flag). Use the RC command to 'resource compile' all the files, then use the link command to build a single message DLL.
| Locale | Code page | Additional Flags |
|---|---|---|
| English (United States) | 437 | -U |
| German (Standard) | 850 | -U |
| Spanish (Modern Sort) | 850 | -U |
| French (Standard) | 850 | -U |
| Italian (Standard) | 850 | -U |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | 850 | -U |
| Japan | 932 | |
| Simplified Chinese (China) | 1381 | |
| Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) | 950 | |
| Korean | 949 |
When you build message catalogs for 
Last updated Friday, 21 July 2017