IBM Informix

Release and Documentation Notes for IBM Informix Global Language Support (GLS)

4.50.xC2DE 22 October 2007

Contents

Release Notes
Purpose of these release notes
Product Description of GLS 4.50
ICU Library in GLS 4.50
Including Header Files
Known problems with this release
Documentation Corrections and Changes

Release Notes

Purpose of these release notes

The purpose of these release notes for IBM Informix Global Language Support (GLS) Version 4.50 is to:

These release notes are not intended to be all-inclusive; they should be used as an addendum to the product manuals.

Product Description of GLS 4.50

IBM Informix GLS is an application programming interface (API) that provides functions and macros for the implementation of internationalized applications that are compatible with IBM Informix GLS internationalization. This API allows applications to access information in Informix locale files. The GLS 4.50 library incorporates the International Components for Unicode (ICU) 3.4.1 library.

Previous versions of the IBM Informix GLS product were called Informix GLS API. Use of the name GLS API is discontinued in the documentation.

ICU Library in GLS 4.50

The GLS 4.50 library incorporates the International Components for Unicode (ICU) 3.4.1 library.

Including Header Files

To use GLS, you must remember to include the header file in any source code that references a GLS function:

Known problems with this release

A comprehensive list of the problems fixed in this release and also a list of known problems that are not yet fixed can be found in the DEFECTS document.

Documentation Corrections and Changes

This section describes the known corrections and changes that need to be made to the IBM Informix GLS User's Guide.

There are no known corrections or changes at this time.

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