To perform globalization testing, you must install multiple language groups
and ensure that the culture/locale is not your local culture/locale. As
mentioned above, executing test cases in both Japanese and German environments,
and a combination of both, can cover most globalization issues.
Essentially, the steps to create a world-ready test environment using
Japanese and German environments are:
On your local build of Windows 2000, install Japanese (or any other
East-Asian region) and German language support, if not already installed
(the U.S. build of Windows 2000 installs German language support by
default).
Set the culture/locale on the test machine to different cultures/locales
from your local culture/locale (Japanese or German).
Set up a distributed network with a mixed environment of your local
build of Windows 2000 systems with some set to the Japanese culture/locale
and others set to the German culture/locale.
Testing with Japanese as the system default culture/locale verifies
double-byte character set (DBCS) handling in ANSI (non-Unicode) components.
Testing with German as the system default culture/locale ensures that ANSI and
OEM code pages are handled properly when text conversion is required. Having a
distributed mixed network environment verifies that data can be successfully
passed between different cultures/locales.
