COBOL importer: Compile-time locale and code page

This topic describes the compile-time locales and ASCII code pages supported by the COBOL importer.

You can use the characters that are represented in a supported code page in COBOL names, data definitions, literals, and comments.

 ll_CC.codepageID

• ll -> A lowercase two-letter ISO language code
• CC - > An uppercase two-letter ISO country code
• codepageID -> The code page to be used for native DISPLAY and DISPLAY-1 data

When specifying locale and code page information, you must code a valid value for the locale name (ll CC) and a valid code page (codepageID) that corresponds to the locale name, as shown in Table 1.

The locale in effect determines the code page for compiling COBOL source programs (including alphanumeric literal values). That is, the code page that is used for compilation is based on the locale setting at compile time. Thus, the evaluation of literal values in the source program is handled with the locale in effect at compile time.

Table 1 shows the locales that COBOL for Windows supports and the code pages that are valid for each locale.

The first column, Locale name, shows the valid combinations of ISO language code and ISO country code (language_COUNTRY) that are supported. The second column show the associated language, and the third column shows the associated country or area.

The fourth column, ASCII code pages, shows the ASCII code pages that are valid as the code page ID for the locale with the corresponding language_COUNTRY value.