In today's global economy, there are clear advantages to developing applications that can meet the needs of users across a wide variety of languages, countries, and cultures. Discover how to develop for the whole world with the second edition of this classic guide - now revised and updated to cover the latest techniques and insights, and designed for anyone who wants to write world-ready code for the Microsoft' Windows 2000 and Windows XP platforms. It explains how to localize applications easily and inexpensively, determine important culture-specific issues, avoid international pitfalls and legal issues, use the best technologies and coding practices, and more. It covers all the essentials for developing international software - while revealing the hard-earned collective wisdom of the Microsoft international teams.