Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
Startup Command and Parameter Reference

Client internationalization parameters

Use the parameters listed in Table 3–5 to control the format in which data appears.

Table 3–5: Client internationalization parameters

Syntax	Parameter	Purpose
-checkdbe	Check double-byte enabled	Display compile-time warnings on 4GL statements and functions that may impact the handling of double-byte or extended-character data.
-convmap filename	Conversion map	Identify the conversion map file.
-cpcase tablename	Case table	Identify the case table that establishes case rules for the code page.
-cpcoll tablename	Collation table	Identify a collation table to use with the code page.
-cpinternal codepage	Internal code page	Identify the code page that OpenEdge uses in memory.
-cplog codepage	Log file code page	Identify the code page used for writing messages to the log file.
-cpprint codepage	Print code page	Identify the code page used for printer output.
-cprcodein codepage	R-code in code page	Identify the code page used for reading r-code text segments.
-cprcodeout codepage	R-code out code page	Identify the code page used for writing r-code text segments.
-cpstream codepage	Stream code page	Identify the code page used for stream I/O.
-cpterm codepage	Terminal code page	Identify the code page for character terminals.
-d dateform	Date format	Specify the format for displaying dates, using the three-character string of d, m, y in any order.
-E	European numeric format	Display in European numeric format.
-isnoconv	Initial value segment no convert	Disable a code page conversion that was not provided in earlier releases of OpenEdge.
-lng languagename	Language	Identify the language with a character string, in quotes.
-numdec numeric-value	Fractional separator	Change the character that represents a number’s decimal point in formatted text.
-numsep numeric-value	Thousands separator	Change the character that represents a number’s thousands separator in formatted text.
-yr4def	Four digit year default	Output a four-digit year from EXPORT, MESSAGE and PUT UNFORMATTED statements that may use a two-digit year.
-yy n	Century year offset	Specify the start of the 100-year period used to define the two-digit DATE value.