Build Your own locale for Windows Vista

I remember last year when we were developing the Nepali (Nepal) locale for Windows XP which got shipped out as a ELK from Micrsoft. Before this, whenever we were entering data we had to select eitherHindi or Sankrit as the language identified. That is all history now.

Similarly, I have been working with Ranjana script opentype fonts and Prachalit script open type fonts. However, so far, Nepal bhasha script has only be entered into the computers as Nepali and the time for creation of a Nepal Bhasha or Newari locale has come.

Yet, the time also has come for us to be able to build and distribute our own custom locales in Windows Vista.

Microsoft Windows Vista currently supports more than 200 locales (100+ languages), and yet this covers only a fraction of speakers worldwide. Microsoft is now moving towards a more extensible model for international support that will empower users to create and share customized solutions in the international space.The Microsoft Locale Builder provides a way to extend and modify the set of locales that Microsoft ships with your own regional and cultural data. The Microsoft Locale Builder was created to support customers in regions without built-in Windows locales as well as customers seeking to modify locales that they are already using. Customers will be able to add support on their own timeline without having to wait for new releases of Windows.Microsoft Locale Builder will also allow corporations, governments, universities, and special-interest groups to generate and easily share custom locales on Microsoft Windows Vista.Download available at:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=12ADFFC8-A4DA-424B-8D62-17C1E0FFC116&displaylang=en