Maple Systems MAPware-7000 - Manual (Page 197)

MAPware-7000 Programming Manual 197
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Note: if you do not see any language options in the Installed Languages options box, you must
first make additional languages available using the appropriate settings in your Windows
operating system. For Windows XP, follow these steps:
1. Click the Start program button on the Windows Task Bar
2. Click on the Control Panel
3. Click on Regional and Language Options
4. Click on the Languages tab
5. Click on Details
6. On the Settings tab, under Installed Services, click the Add button
7. Select the Input Languages you wish to use and configure which Keyboard Layout you
wish to assign to each language
8. When done, you should now see these languages listed in MAPware-7000.
If you see several languages listed in the Installed Languages options box in the Languages
folder, simply click on a language and click the Add button to add the language to the Selected
Languages (Max 9) options box in the right column.
Check the box associated with each language to use the keyboard layout assigned to the
language in the Windows Language Options settings in Control Panel. Notice that the number
assigned to the left of each language is the number to enter into control register SW0001 to
make all objects use the label created for the selected language. A maximum of nine languages
can be assigned. Click the OK button when you have finished creating the list of languages you
wish to have supported in your project.
Displaying Multiple Languages in Unit
Once you have created your list of languages using the steps described in the last section, you
can now assign/create a label for each available language for your selected object(s). The
example below illustrates using the multi-language feature on a Multilingual Text object.
How to assign language labels to a Multilingual Text object on a screen
1. Place a Multilingual Text object on a screen.
2. In the Multilingual Text Properties box, click on the Language attribute box.
3. Click on the pull-down box
and select which language you wish to edit.
4. Click on the Text attribute box and enter the text for the selected language.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have entered the required text for each language.
In addition to creating objects that use multiple language labels (see above), you also need to
create an object on an HMC screen that displays the correct language. Do this by writing a
constant value (1-9) to an internal memory register (SW0001) in the HMC. This is done in two
ways:

Use a series of Write Value to Tag button objects, each configured to change to a
specific state (i.e. English, Spanish, etc.)

Use a single Word button object that steps through each language each time it is
pressed.