Configure Languages for a Standard Project

In a standard Plant SCADA project, items such as alarm descriptions, button text, keyboard/alarm logs, graphics text and Cicode strings can be marked for translation and then displayed in a specified language at runtime. A project can support multiple languages, and you can dynamically switch between them.

Note: If you want to configure language switching for an Industrial Graphics application, see Configure Languages for Industrial Graphics Applications.

Text translation does not happen automatically. A language will only be supported if the required translations are manually inserted into a localized language database.

To enable your runtime system to switch between different languages, your firstly need to mark the text you would like translated and locate the required translations. See Prepare a Project for Multi-language Support.

You will then be able to:

• Set the Local Language Used at Runtime

• Change the Local Language at Runtime.

  Note:
  • Plant SCADA can support both neutral languages (for example, "French") and region-specific variations (for example, "French (Belgium)"). However, each of these will generate and use its own language database ("French.dbf" and "French(Belgium).dbf"). You cannot refer to a regional variation of a language using just the neutral language name.
  • It is recommenced that you use languages that specify a regional variation, particularly if you plan to migrate your system to the AVEVA Industrial Graphics platform.

See Also

Officially Supported Languages