Integrate information from a custom translation file

After creating a custom translation file, you need to integrate the data from it into the PLCViewerApp. You follow a procedure similar to accepting the default translation file.

To integrate information from a translation file to the PLCViewerApp

1. Place your custom translation file in a folder that is accessible to the computer containing the imported PLCViewerApp.

2. Open the System Platform IDE and select the Graphic Toolbox tab to show a list of folders containing symbols and apps.

3. Locate the PLCViewerApp control within the Toolbox.

   By default, the PLCViewerApp control is placed at the root folder of the Toolbox when it is imported into the System Platform IDE.

4. Select the PLCViewerApp control to show the PLCViewerApp dialog box.

5. Select the Translations tab

6. Select Add to add a row to the Translations field.

7. Double-click in the gray area beneath the Translation Name column to show a data entry field.

8. Type the name of the translation file.

   

9. Click the browser button at the right of the Translation File field and locate the folder where the XML translation file has been saved.

10. Select the XML translation file from the folder and click Open.

11. Repeat steps 6 through 10 to add other translation files as required.

12. Save your changes.