Multi-Language Applications

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QM includes support for text message output in multiple languages. The standard message library installed with QM contains English messages texts. Additional language libraries may be available from Ladybridge Systems or from QM dealers. Users can also perform their own translations of the source text downloaded from the product web site.

 

The message text source file includes comment lines detailing the rules for successful translation. It is highly recommended that users should use the two letter international country code as the language identifier in the PREFIX line (e.g. FR for French).

 

Having obtained a suitable set of message texts by download of a pre-translated file or by translation of the master source, this is installed by executing

LOAD.LANGUAGE pathname

in the QMSYS account where pathname points to the message text file to be installed. A single system may have any number of languages installed and the non-English messages will be preserved at an upgrade.

 

To select operation in a particular language, a QM process should execute

SET.LANGUAGE language.code

where language.code is the identifier used in the PREFIX line when the language was loaded. This would typically be included in the LOGIN or MASTER.LOGIN paragraph. If an application attempts to display a message for which there is no version in the selected language, the English version will be used.