The following specifications are different with the Japanese version.
Currency symbol
In this compiler, currency sign of OS is used as Currency Symbol character.
If character other than the currency sign of OS is used, the method of specifying may differ based on the character intended to use.
Characters with same code as $(X'24') or \(X'5C')
Specified with/based on compile option CURRENCY.
See
Refer to "CURRENCY(currency symbol handling)" of "NetCOBOL User's Guide" for details.
1 byte character other than this
CURRENCY SIGN clause is used, specified inside the source program.
See
Refer to "CURRENCY SIGN clause" of "NetCOBOL Language Reference" for details.
Note
Characters consisting of multiple bytes cannot be used as currency symbol character. For possible characters that can be used as currency symbol, please refer "CURRENCY SIGN clause" of COBOL Language Reference.
If currency sign of OS cannot be used as currency symbol, in that case \ (X'5C') will be taken as currency symbol.
If data is passed between compilation units with different currency symbols, results might not be as expected. Specify the compilation option CURRENCY or CURRENCY SIGN clause to use the same currency symbol.
Handling of National item spaces
In this compiler, National item space (Trailing Blank and Figurative Constant SPACE) of Unicode encoding is handled as alphabetic spaces (U+0020).
Specify compilation option NSP, if national spaces are to be changed.
See
Refer to "NSP(Handling of spaces related to national item)" of "NetCOBOL User's Guide" for details.
Note
If data is passed between compilation units with different National item spaces, results might not be as expected. Specify the compilation option NSP, and use the same national item space.
Printing font
If you use a print file without a FORMAT clause, a default font name according to the setting of the display language of the execution environment of the Windows system will be used.
When the display language is Japanese, the default font name is "MS Mincho, MS Gothic" and with any other language, the default font name is "Courier New".
In this scenario, the printing font value can be changed by the environment variables.
See
Refer to " Printing" of "NetCOBOL User's Guide" for details.
