Move graphics to applications with different language settings

If you import a graphic into another HMI/SCADA application, any translation that already exists for the graphic is retained. However, only languages that are configured for the new application are available for use.

If you open a graphic that does not contain the default language of your HMI/SCADA product, then the default language is added to the list of languages for that graphic and is set as the new default language. The text strings from the last saved default language of that graphic are transferred over to the new default language of the graphic.

For example, if a graphic only has the French language configured and is opened in another application where English is the default language, the French strings are transferred over to the English language when the graphic is opened, and English is made the default language for the graphic. The French language still exists for the graphic, but it will no longer be the default language.

If a previously imported graphic has English and French configured with French as the default language and the graphic is opened in another application with English as the default language, the default language for the graphic is set to English.

If you open a graphic in read-only mode, no changes are made to the graphic's language settings to reflect the language settings of your HMI/SCADA product.

We recommend that you validate templates and instances that have graphics after migrating them to another application and before exporting localizations.