Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Application Server:
Administration

Tasks for the WebSpeed developer

For dynamic code-page support to work, the WebSpeed developer must perform certain preliminary tasks. To summarize dynamic code-page support from the perspective of the WebSpeed developer:

The WebSpeed application should include a page that lets the user select a language or nationality from a list of preselected languages or nationalities. For each language or nationality in the list, the developer determines an appropriate code page, which must be compatible with the WebSpeed agent’s CPINTERNAL code page. To simplify meeting this requirement, make the agent’s CPINTERNAL code page UTF-8, which is highly compatible with OpenEdge code pages. (For more information, see install-path/prolang/readme.)
The user starts the application and selects a language or nationality.
The application notes the language or nationality selected, determines the corresponding code page, and stores the MIME version of the code-page name within the Web request in a query field, a hidden-form field, or a cookie.
Note: Any static HTML the application uses should be in the same code page selected by the user. and should refer to the same code page in the <META> tag’s HTTP-EQUIV attribute. See the first code example in the "Storing the MIME code-page name" section.
Dynamic code-page support takes over.

Each time the agent receives information from a Web browser, it automatically converts the information from the browser’s code page to the agent’s CPINTERNAL code page. Similarly, just before the agent sends a Web page back to the browser, it automatically converts it from the agent’s CPINTERNAL code page to the browser’s code page.