Language-based character set conversions per-application program

In a computer system, a method comprising:

• receiving a function call initiated at a program and directed to an operating system, the communication comprising a script-dependent request;
• and
• modifying data associated with the function call to simulate an environment in which a system locale setting is set to a value that corresponds to a language of the program, when an actual system locale setting of the system is set to a different value.

In a computer system, a system comprising:

• a mechanism that associates an application program with a program-specific language;
• and
• a conversion mechanism that determines whether the program-specific language of the application program corresponds a system locale setting of the system, and if not, converts script-dependent data received via a function call from the application program directed to the operating system to unified data, by accessing a conversion table that corresponds to the program-specific language, before passing the function call to the operating system.

In a computer system, a system comprising:

• means for receiving a function call initiated at a program and directed to an operating system, the communication comprising a script-dependent request;
• and
• means for modifying data associated with the function call to simulate an environment in which a system locale setting is set to a value that corresponds to a language of the program, when an actual system locale setting of the system is set to a different value.

In a computer system, a system comprising:

• a mechanism for associating an application program with a program-specific language;
• and
• a conversion mechanism means for determining whether the program-specific language of the application program corresponds a system locale setting of the system, and if not, for converting script-dependent data received via a function call from the application program directed to the operating system to unified data, including means for accessing a conversion table that corresponds to the program-specific language, before passing the function call to the operating system.