Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 342)

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To enable language switching in an application, provide operators with a way to run the
Language command, for each language the application supports. For example, create
buttons in a graphic display that use the Language command as the press action.
To find the RFC1766 name associated with a Windows language, open the Add Language
dialog box in FactoryTalk View Studio. For details, see “Adding languages to an
application” on page 13-8.
Support for multiple languages in the graphic libraries
By default, text strings in the graphic libraries installed with FactoryTalk View SE never
display as undefined. Instead, they always display in the language they were shipped in,
regardless of the current application language.
You can set up individual libraries to support multiple languages. If you do this, however,
the text strings will display only in the current application language. In any other
language, the strings will display as undefined.
To set up support for multiple languages in a graphic library
shipped with FactoryTalk View SE
1. In FactoryTalk View Studio, in the Explorer window, double-click the Libraries icon,
right-click the graphic library you want to modify, and then select Open.
2. Right-click the library display, and then select Display Settings.
3. In the Properties tab, select the check box, Support Multiple Languages.
4. Click OK.
Text strings in the graphic library are saved in the current application language.
Language support in new graphic libraries
By default, new graphic libraries that you create for an application support multiple
languages.
You can set up a new library to show text strings only in the current application language.
If you do this, however, text strings in the new library that use some other language will
be deleted when you save the change.
To remove support for multiple languages in a new graphic library
1. Right-click the library display, and then select Display Settings.
If you create buttons for switching languages at run time, be aware that button captions will be
translated when a language switch occurs. To avoid confusion, use graphics instead of text to
represent the different languages. For example, use an image of a country’s flag on a button.