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DMS 3.2 EN 02/2011 TD29 785
20.9 Language Switching in Visualization
20.9.1 Language Switching
The language switching for texts, tooltips and alarm messages in a visualization can
be done via static or via dynamic texts, which must be provided by a file. Unicode
format is only possible with dynamic texts!
How can a language switching be done:
In the configuration dialog ‘Visualization settings’ in the selection list below Language
you can choose one of the languages defined in the currently used language file,
which should be used as (start) language in online mode; for the example shown
below: german and english.
A language switch in online mode is done via an input on a visualization element. For
this purpose the internal commands “INTERN LANGUAGE <language>" and “INTERN
LANGUAGEDIALOG” are available (see help page “Special input possibilities for
operating versions”), which can be used in the configuration dialog in category ‘Input’.
Example:
You insert a button element which can be used to switch the visualization texts to
German. For this purpose label the element with ‘German’, in configuration category
‘Input’ activate option ‘Execute program’ and define a command “INTERN LANGUAGE
<language>”. “language” is to be replaced by the language shortcut used in the
language file, thus for the vis-file example shown on help page Static Language
Switching: “INTERN LANGUAGE german”. If the button will be operated in online
mode the visualization texts will be displayed according to the entries which are
available for “german” in the language file.
Unicode Format:
Unicode format is only possible with dynamic texts. An appropriate entry must be
available in the XML language file. Additionally the following preconditions must be
complied:
1. In the configuration of the visualization object a unicode-enabled font must be
specified. Attention: Currently for tooltip texts this font must be specified in the
plcdesigner.ini file ("FaceTooltip=<font>") and is not read from the XML language file!
2. In order to get work the unicode font in the Target-Visualization, it must be
supported by the target system.
3. In order to get work the unicode font in the Web-Visualization, the configuration
entry TOOLTIPFONT in webvisu.htm must be set with a unicode-enabled font.