Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Alarms and Events Quick Start - Manual (Page 181)

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Text that supports language switching
In general, the user-defined strings that support language switching are those that an
operator sees in an application at run time. Specifically, these are:
„ text you specify for graphic objects and global objects including captions, tool tip
text, time and date embedded variables, and numeric embedded variables.
„ graphic and global object display titles specified in the Display Settings dialog
box.
„ text objects created in graphic displays and global object displays.
Text that does not support language switching
Among the text strings that do not support language switching are:
„ text that is part of the language version of the FactoryTalk View Studio Site
Edition or Client software, such as information from system tags, which is
displayed in the same language as the operating system. These are translated when
FactoryTalk View is localized.
„ text that can be displayed at run time but is used to operate the application, such as
the names of graphic displays, and command strings.
„ tag descriptions and string constants in expressions.
„ text in the title bar of the FactoryTalk View Site Edition Client window, which is
part of the setup of the client, not part of the application.
Alarm and Event Summary and Alarm and Event Banner
If the Alarm and Event Summary or the Alarm and Event Banner is notified of a
language switch, the contents are reloaded in the new language.
Any Alarm Fault List messages that you created in RSLogix 5000 (in the Alarm
Properties dialog box) do not currently switch languages.
You can use the Alarm and Event Banner Properties dialog box to configure
tooltips and panel captions in multiple languages. Define strings in one language at a
time. FactoryTalk View controls which language is displayed. You cannot switch the
text labels for the alarm states and priorities.
When configuring language switching for the Alarm and Event Banner, see the
FactoryTalk View Site Edition Help in FactoryTalk View Studio.