Configuring Language Settings for an Individual Picture

If you develop a picture in one language (in configure mode), but want to provide the text in a different language for operators viewing the picture (in run mode), you can do this in the WorkSpace. Use the steps below if you want a single picture to display a different language in run mode.

If you use the individual picture-level settings, it is recommended that you do not implement the global, default language settings.

NOTE: You will also need to export a language CSV file for the picture and provide translations for this file in Notepad or Microsoft Excel to support this feature. These steps are included below.

To configure the language for a single picture when opened in run mode:

  1. In the iFIX WorkSpace configuration mode, open the picture with the text strings you want to translate.
  2. In Classic view, on the WorkSpace menu, click User Preferences.

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In Ribbon view, on the Home tab, in the WorkSpace group, click Settings, and then click User Preferences.

  1. Click the Picture Preferences tab and make sure the Translate Picture On Open check box is cleared. (If it is cleared, the LanguageDesired and TranslateOnOpen properties at the picture-level can be changed from the Properties window.)
  2. Click OK.
  3. Right-click anywhere in the picture and choose Property Window.
  4. From the LanguageDesired property, select the language you want to use for the language CSV file.

NOTE: If you are entering this information programmatically in VBA instead of using the Property window, you can find a listing of the enumerations for all supported languages (also called LCIDs) in the Language Letter Acronyms table in the Exporting and Importing Language Files topic.

  1. From the TranslateOnOpen property, select True so that the displayed picture text will be automatically translated when the picture is opened in run mode.
  2. Save the picture.
  3. On the Translation Toolbar, click the Export language file button. The language CSV file is saved to the PIC folder.
  4. Open the language CSV file in Notepad or Microsoft Excel and translate the text strings.

IMPORTANT: If list separator is comma in your local regional settings, you can use Microsoft Excel to edit your .CSV files.  Otherwise, it is recommended that you use Notepad to edit your .CSV files. It is important that you use the proper text editor, so that the list separator, a comma, gets saved properly using your operating system's native regional settings. If you are unsure of your settings, use Notepad to edit your .CSV files.

  1. Open the picture in run mode. The picture's text strings are displayed in the translated language.

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