Project languages
This tab is used to manage the characteristics of the project languages.
To add a new language into the project:
- Click the "Add" button.
- In the window that is displayed, select the different languages supported by the project.
Remarks:
- If the requested language is not displayed in the list, you have the ability to select an additional language (the additional languages are displayed in the lower part of the window).
Versions 21 and laterTo name an additional language, click the requested language and type its name in the "Name of custom languages" area.
New in version 21To name an additional language, click the requested language and type its name in the "Name of custom languages" area.
- Validate. The different languages are added into the list of project languages.
Remarks:
- The selected languages will be proposed when entering information about the different elements that can be translated (captions of controls, menu options, help message associated with a control, ...). The display order of these languages is identical to the one of the list of project languages.
Versions 21 and laterThis order can be modified via the arrow buttons found below the list of project languages.
New in version 21This order can be modified via the arrow buttons found below the list of project languages.
This order can be modified via the arrow buttons found below the list of project languages. - When modifying the project languages, the modifications will be automatically taken into account:
- any new object created in the different editors (Window, Report, Control, ...).
- any element opened in the different editors (Window, Report, ...).
The default language (identified with the number "1") corresponds to the language used by default at runtime. To modify it, use the popup menu of the language that will be used by default.
Linguistic options
The display of the numeric data found in the project (number, currency, date, ...) can be configured in each language supported by the project.
The parameters used by default are the ones defined in the Windows language options (accessible from the Windows control panel).
To configure these options:
- Select the requested language in the left section of screen.
- Select the tab corresponding to the element to configure (number, currency, ...).
- Modify the desired parameters and validate.
Remark: A button is used to reinitialize the parameters with the default values.
When creating an edit control or a column in a Table control that displays numeric data (number, currency, date, time, etc.), the input mask applied will be the mask defined in the project language options. This option is available in windows and pages.
At runtime, when an edit control or a table column has a mask "Defined by the project", the input/display mask will automatically adapt according to the options selected in the project for the language displayed at runtime.
Remark: The "Various" option is used to define:
- the writing direction.
- the character set used.
- the WDM translation file.
Versions 18 and later New in version 18