Forms globalization

Please suggest a nice document for Forms globalization.
If anyone implemented globalization, please share the process.
Thank you,
Prasad

http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms/pdf/translationhuboverview.pdf

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Forms and database character conversion

Hi,
We currently have a database setup to use a non-utf8 characters set, I believe it is set up for western european languages only. We now want to expand our database to include support for other languages such as arabic and japanese. To do this we would like to make a copy of our existing database and change the charecter set to UTF8.
We also have a Forms application currently using Forms 5 and due to be upgraded to 11g.
What sort of implications willl changing the database character set have for the existing Oracle Forms? What sort of changes if any will we need to make to the Forms in order to get them working with the new character set?
Thanks for your help.

hi
check out the following link i hope it helps u.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/globalization/htdocs/nls_lang%20faq.htm
sarah

How to Add Values in INVOICE SUB-TYPE field at the Invoice Header Forms

Hello,
Does any body knows how could I add/modify values in the INVOICE SUB-TYPE field at the Invoice Header Forms?. This values are related to the Globalization, in this case for the Chilean Localizations.
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Alejandro R.

It gives any error or just does nothing?
Have you tried making another simple form with just one block and one or two items?
You can do this type of testing in these conditions.
Which version of forms are you using?

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I have changed the settings of my form to be in French . I did this by going into File/Form Properties/Defaults and changing the Form Locale to French (Canada). There are multiple date fields with Calendars on the form. When the user chooses a date in the future (on my English form) an error message appears saying they are unable to choose a future date. The date then appears in the field, but if they try to submit the form, they get the error message again.
On my French version, if the user tries to select a future date, the date does not appear in the field, nor does the error message come up. If they first choose a date that is valid the date appears, but if they go back and change it to a future date then the error message appears.
Does anyone know why this might be happening? I would like the message to appear whenever they choose a future date.
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Thanks so much, i really appreciate it.
If this does not work do i have another option??Upgrade to 3.0.1 maybe?
Update: I've run steps 1-5 on my test app, works perfectly. As described in the documentation I've created a new entry for the application, generated an XLIFF file, exported it to my local system, translated some of the target words, imported it again, applied it and published the application and changed the application language to the new, imported language (file).
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Update - Test Globalization under APEX 2.1
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cd

Converting Unicode to UTF-8 character set through Oracle forms(10g)

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I am working on oracle forms (10g) where i need to load files containing unicode character set (multilingual characters) to database.
but while loading the file , junk characters are getting inserted into the database tables.
while reading the file through forms , i am using utl_file.fopen_nchar,utl_file.get_line_nchar functions to read the unicode characters ...
the application server , and database server characterset are set to american utf8 characteset.
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hi
please check out the following link.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/globalization/htdocs/nls_lang%20faq.htm
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DB Changed to UTF-8. Now parameter form prompts display in font "symbol"

We are in the process of updating a vendor developed application.
The database character set changed from WE8ISO8859P1 to AL32UTF8.
The vendor supplied reports work fine but our in house developed reports now have an issue with the parameter form font. The parameter font for the prompts is defaulting to "symbol".
This happens even on forms where we have not specified a paper parameter form and
let Oracle generate a default one.
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For your problem related the Font Symbol, apply the solution described in the document :
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18 Implementing Globalization and Bidirectional Support
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http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14099_17/bi.1012/b14048/pbr_nls.htm#CBJCBCFG
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Bruno,
Thanks for your answer.
Yes I checked note 353539 and did the steps you mentioned above.
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Interactive Adobe Form's Language Translation

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we activated the MSS 60.1 version on the SAP NetWeaver 2004 Enterprise Portal.
We need to activate a link on EP that refers to PCR application. From this link we want to call all the Interactive Adobe Forms associated to the ISR standard scenarios.
Our problem is this: all the standard Adobe Forms are generated in german language. How can we generate them in italian language?
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Hi,
Maybe useful.
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I have installed Oracle Developer Suite 10g on Linux Enterprise AS4 successfully,and set environment variable NLS_LANG="SIMPLIFIED CHINESE_CHINA.ZHS16GBK",LANG="zh_CN.UTF-8".When i executed the following: /home/oracle/Orant/bin/frmbld
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Hello Howard,
Check out the following link here you can find your desired NLS parameters.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/globalization/htdocs/nls_lang%20faq.htm
And about the NLS_LANG for developer why you want to create for developer. Its is already there in REGISTRY. Just seaching in developer registry you can find there.
how do I set more than 1 at a time.
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Cocoon/FOP + form-name problem

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I am able to use FOP to process static XML files with no problems.
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Hi Carl
I use Tomcat and Cocoon as you described. For some reports PDF print is OK. One problem which i found was that, in my case, the language of the application produce also an error. I changed from German to English and everything was OK.
"Application > Shared Components > Edit Globalization Attributes > Globalization" - Aplication primary language GERMAN. Once that i changed to english US my reports worked again OK.
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org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException: Unknown request object encountered named xml : null.
Maybe Region configuration is different?
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Oracle10g "Globalization Support restrictions"

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I have problem to create Database name with Spanish character Example: I try to insert “Español”).
I found out at “Oracle® Database Globalization Support Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2)” documents(table2-5) , some restrictions.
“Database name” and “Tablespace” name are supported only with single-byte.
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7. Does the Oracle Locale Builder Tool address Qn#3 above?
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