Oracle Collaboration Suite Release Notes Release 2 (9.0.4) for hp-ux PA-RISC (64-bit) and Linux x86 Part Number B12029-02 |
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This chapter summarizes issues associated with muti-language support. It includes the following sections:
Oracle Collaboration Suite, Oracle Email, Oracle Files, Oracle Web Conferencing, and Oracle Ultra Search support eight languages besides English:
Oracle Calendar and Oracle Wireless and Voice provide partial support for the same eight languages. Table 2-1 and Table 2-2 show which languages these features support.
Language | Text | Voice |
---|---|---|
English |
Yes |
Yes |
French |
Yes |
No |
German |
Yes |
No |
Spanish |
Yes |
No |
Italian |
Yes |
No |
Danish |
Yes |
No |
Dutch |
Yes |
No |
Norwegian |
Yes |
No |
Swedish |
Yes |
No |
During the installation, the product language selection list determines which languages are installed. Oracle recommends that you choose the same of languages for the infrastructure that you choose for the middle tier. You cannot add or remove languages after installation.
Note: Reinstalling a language that is already installed corrupts the repository. If, for example, the single sign-on server already supports Japanese, do not reinstall this language. |
Only Internet Explorer 5.5 and later versions support bidirectional user interfaces.
To choose languages for the Web Conferencing Document Converter in Windows, navigate as follows:
Start -> Programs -> Microsoft Office Tools -> Microsoft Office Language Options
Oracle recommends using Unicode UTF8 as the database character set for the Collaboration Suite infrastructure and information store. Using Unicode ensures that different languages and encodings are handled properly in a global collaboration environment.
Unicode UTF8 is installed by default in the infrastructure database. You can upgrade the infrastructure and the information store to support additional character sets. Another support option for the information store is to create a custom database that uses a specific character set.
International user id (non-ascii) is supported in Collaboration Suite supports international non-ascii user IDs with certain exceptions:
Neither Oracle Workflow nor Files WebDAV (Web Folders) supports international user IDs
The mail administration Web interface cannot be used to create mail accounts for international user IDs. Use the command line tool oesucr
instead. Execute the tool using the following steps: