Developing International Software For Windows 95 and Windows NT

A Handbook of International Software Design Now Available to Software
Developers Everywhere

Software developers who want to tap the expanding global market for
software now have a comprehensive guide to international software design
called DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS 95 AND WINDOWS NT,
from Microsoft Press.

Written by software internationalization expert Nadine Kano, this unique
reference presents Microsoft's own guidelines for creating international
software--guidelines that document years of collective international
experience. And while the book is geared to programmers and interface
designers who have some knowledge of Windows-based coding techniques and
the C++ programming language, it also contains the core concepts that will
allow managers to get a working grasp of internationalization issues.

The author shows how careful planning and consistency with standard
Microsoft Windows operating system-based programs is key to creating
intuitive, user-friendly applications for sale around the world. Readers
get important information about ways to save time and money in the
translation process, culture-specific issues to consider, international
information pitfalls, and the ways in which local laws may affect the
feature set and product distribution.

Kano explains how to use specific Windows-based tools and Win32 API
functions to write global code and localize applications for Windows 95
and Windows NT. Additional topics include:

* Working with character set encodings
* Localizing the user interface
* Supporting local cultural conventions
* Handling multilingual input/output
* Processing Far Eastern writing systems

A special feature of DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS 95 AND
WINDOWS NT is the Microsoft Win32 Internationalization Checklist--more
than 50 action items to be considered when building software for the
international market.

An extensive reference section provides critical reference material on
international standards and built-in Windows support for international
applications, including illustrations of over 50 international keyboard
layouts; tables of national standards for time and currency formats, and
other elements; tables of various character sets and much more. A
comprehensive index helps readers quickly locate information on any topic
in the book.

Nadine Kano joined Microsoft in 1989. She is an internationalization expert
with the Developer Relations Group Globalization Team. Nadine regularly
publishes articles in the Microsoft Developer Network News on software
internationalization and travels around the world delivering lectures on
internationalization techniques.

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Developing International Software For Windows 95 and Windows NT
by Nadine Kano
768 pages, $35.00
ISBN: 1-55615-840-8
Pub. Date: June 22, 1995

Microsoft Press, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399
206-882-8080,  800-MSPRESS

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