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I started developing an application in C using WINAPIs. I want my application to be UNICODE supported.
I am using mingw with gcc compiler. What should I do to make my app
UNICODE support. It should work in all versions of windows starting
from xp. And I wish my application to work in all languanges.
Can you please provide me some guidelines on this and Do’s and Dont’s.
1) Your question is unfortunately far too vague to effectively answer.
2) Furthermore, “supporting Unicode” is not the same as “supporting different languages”.
3) Finally, even Unicode (a small part of the broader topic of “internationalization”) has differences depending on your Windows version, Windows compiler, and target audience.
STRONG SUGGESTION:
1) Start here for an overview of “Unicode”:
2) Here are a couple of good overviews for “internationalization”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd318661%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
3) Here are a couple of links for programming an application in multiple different languages:
http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/programming_books/gnu_libc_guide/Translation-with-gettext.html
Implementing Globalization / Multilingual feature in win32 API application