Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 202)

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 Import application components developed in different countries into a single
application that supports multiple languages.
The default language
For applications that use multiple languages, you can specify one of the languages as the
default language. Any undefined text strings in the other languages can be shown in the
default language.
The default language is also used for RSView Machine Edition 4.00 applications. When
you open or import the application into FactoryTalk View 5.00 or later, the application’s
alarm, information, and local messages are associated with the language that you select to
be the default language. For example, if you open an RSView Machine Edition 4.00
application that contains local messages, and you select French for the default language,
the local messages will be treated as if they are French when you export the application’s
strings for translation. That is, they will appear in the French language column. You can
add other languages for these messages, as described in this chapter.
When you create a new application, the language you specify for the application is the
default language. You can change the default language at any time. The default language
can be any of the languages in the application.
You can show undefined strings in the default language during application development.
If you do not select this option, undefined strings are shown as a question mark “?”
character. If you select this option, but do not include the default language with the run-
time application, undefined strings are shown as a question mark “?” character at run time.
Alarm trigger labels are shown in the Trigger Label Selector list using the default
language. If you change the default language, you must re-specify the trigger labels for
every graphic object that filters alarms. To do this, specify the trigger label names in the
new default language. For more information about filtering alarms when your application
uses multiple languages, see page 9-5.