"Sean" wrote:

> Baiscally I have Nvar data in a database and I want to populate a datgridview
> in french.
>
> I understand the basics of globalization and have done a bit but not on the
> data level.
>
> Can anyone point me to the right resources to start understanding this
> concept of language translation of data.

"Val Mazur (MVP)" wrote:

> Sean,
>
> You suppose to see data in French without any additional steps. Do you have
> any specific issue?
>
> --
> Val Mazur
> Microsoft MVP
> http://xport.mvps.org
>
>
> "Sean" wrote:
>
> > Baiscally I have Nvar data in a database and I want to populate a datgridview
> > in french.
> >
> > I understand the basics of globalization and have done a bit but not on the
> > data level.
> >
> > Can anyone point me to the right resources to start understanding this
> > concept of language translation of data.

"Sean" <S***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:80D87403-0E90-4F4D-BEC8-03EF91C63DAD@microsoft.com...
> No specific issue we are playing with the idea of international markets
> and
> wonder if we can take a database with English written data and convert it
> to
> another language.
>
> The reason we are looking into do this is basically my understanding that
> this is exactly what Unicode is for which is why I was the one who brought
> up
> the idea. However, I am still somewhat vague as to what Unicode actually
> does
> and how.
>
> So I post here hoping for links to information becuase when I search I get
> a
> feeling I dont even fully understand what I am searching for.
>
> "Val Mazur (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Sean,
>>
>> You suppose to see data in French without any additional steps. Do you
>> have
>> any specific issue?
>>
>> --
>> Val Mazur
>> Microsoft MVP
>> http://xport.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> "Sean" wrote:
>>
>> > Baiscally I have Nvar data in a database and I want to populate a
>> > datgridview
>> > in french.
>> >
>> > I understand the basics of globalization and have done a bit but not on
>> > the
>> > data level.
>> >
>> > Can anyone point me to the right resources to start understanding this
>> > concept of language translation of data.

"Val Mazur (MVP)" wrote:

> Sean,
>
> I would expect that you could have issues on a server side. You need to be
> sure that database supports specific language. On a client side all the
> strings are in Unicode format and you suppose to see everything properly
>
> Val Mazur
> Microsoft MVP
> http://xport.mvps.org
>
> "Sean" <S***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:80D87403-0E90-4F4D-BEC8-03EF91C63DAD@microsoft.com...
> > No specific issue we are playing with the idea of international markets
> > and
> > wonder if we can take a database with English written data and convert it
> > to
> > another language.
> >
> > The reason we are looking into do this is basically my understanding that
> > this is exactly what Unicode is for which is why I was the one who brought
> > up
> > the idea. However, I am still somewhat vague as to what Unicode actually
> > does
> > and how.
> >
> > So I post here hoping for links to information becuase when I search I get
> > a
> > feeling I dont even fully understand what I am searching for.
> >
> > "Val Mazur (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >> Sean,
> >>
> >> You suppose to see data in French without any additional steps. Do you
> >> have
> >> any specific issue?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Val Mazur
> >> Microsoft MVP
> >> http://xport.mvps.org
> >>
> >>
> >> "Sean" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Baiscally I have Nvar data in a database and I want to populate a
> >> > datgridview
> >> > in french.
> >> >
> >> > I understand the basics of globalization and have done a bit but not on
> >> > the
> >> > data level.
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone point me to the right resources to start understanding this
> >> > concept of language translation of data.
>
>
>

"Sean" <S***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A69328A3-FA76-43D8-AB74-E37AF72BE056@microsoft.com...
> So in theory if I set my localizations properly in my web.config file my
> datagrid will automatically translate to the proper language?
>
> I tried that but I didnt put anything on the website that would confirm I
> set it right (ie a date)
>
> "Val Mazur (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Sean,
>>
>> I would expect that you could have issues on a server side. You need to
>> be
>> sure that database supports specific language. On a client side all the
>> strings are in Unicode format and you suppose to see everything properly
>>
>> Val Mazur
>> Microsoft MVP
>> http://xport.mvps.org
>>
>> "Sean" <S***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:80D87403-0E90-4F4D-BEC8-03EF91C63DAD@microsoft.com...
>> > No specific issue we are playing with the idea of international markets
>> > and
>> > wonder if we can take a database with English written data and convert
>> > it
>> > to
>> > another language.
>> >
>> > The reason we are looking into do this is basically my understanding
>> > that
>> > this is exactly what Unicode is for which is why I was the one who
>> > brought
>> > up
>> > the idea. However, I am still somewhat vague as to what Unicode
>> > actually
>> > does
>> > and how.
>> >
>> > So I post here hoping for links to information becuase when I search I
>> > get
>> > a
>> > feeling I dont even fully understand what I am searching for.
>> >
>> > "Val Mazur (MVP)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Sean,
>> >>
>> >> You suppose to see data in French without any additional steps. Do you
>> >> have
>> >> any specific issue?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Val Mazur
>> >> Microsoft MVP
>> >> http://xport.mvps.org
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Sean" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Baiscally I have Nvar data in a database and I want to populate a
>> >> > datgridview
>> >> > in french.
>> >> >
>> >> > I understand the basics of globalization and have done a bit but not
>> >> > on
>> >> > the
>> >> > data level.
>> >> >
>> >> > Can anyone point me to the right resources to start understanding
>> >> > this
>> >> > concept of language translation of data.
>>
>>
>>