Language options

The language selected here determines which language is used for all labels (prompts) in a module window (i.e. the names of fields, menus, tabs, etc.).

Tip: The language used for Prompts and Data can be changed simultaneously using the Language drop list on the Tools tab of the Ribbon.

In a multi-language environment it is possible to specify the order in which languages are displayed in fields in the EMu client.

Note: It is necessary to select All Languages from the Data drop list in order to see all available languages in fields.

The Display Order box lists each supported language. Select a language in the Display Order list and use the arrow buttons beside the list to change the order in which data in each language displays. For instance, if the supported languages are English and French, the following setting specifies that values in French will display in fields in the EMu client before their translation in English:

This will result in data displaying as follows:

Note

Some facilities in a multi-language version of EMu (Lookup Lists, for instance) always show content (strings) in all available languages, even when a single language is selected in the Data drop list: i.e. if a translation exists, it will always be shown.

Note: By default, in a multi-language environment it is not possible to edit fields unless All Languages has been selected. However, the Edit Any Language Registry entry allows authorised users to edit fields when a single language has been selected (from the Data drop list or from the Language drop list on the Tools tab of the Ribbon).

For example, if a Lookup List box is displayed, all available translations are always shown. This allows users to select the correct entry based on context. This is important where a term in one language has multiple terms in another language. To demonstrate: the French word voiture may be translated to English as car but also as carriage (as in a train carriage). As such there are two possible Lookup List entries for voiture:

voiture;:;car
voiture;:;carriage

If the Lookup List only displayed the French entries when French is the data language selected, it would not be clear which variant was required. By showing all languages (even when only a single language is selected in the Data drop list), it is possible to decide which entry is correct.

Language data in these facilities is displayed in the order specified in the Display Order list.

With these settings, prompts and data will only display in English in fields in a module:

However, in Lookup Selection boxes, English data will display before the French translation:

Tip: In general, when a single language is selected for displaying Data, the same language should appear first in the Display Order list.

Notes

• With the Show First Filled Registry entry it is possible to display data in the first language that has data if there is no data in the display language selected. It is possible to specify what colour to use for text that displays under these circumstances (with the Use First option on the Colours tab of the Options box).
• There is an important distinction between the storage and the display of language data in EMu: the Supported Registry entry defines which languages are supported by EMu and the order in which the language data is stored. If you plan to use EMu to store multiple languages, it is very important to define the order of the languages before entering data into the system. Once data has been entered, any changes to the language order will require existing data to be exported, manipulated (swapping the order of the data) and imported. While this is possible it is much easier to leave the language order unchanged once it is set.
  On the other hand, it is a simple matter to change the order in which language data is displayed in the EMu client by using the Display Order option on the Language tab of the Options box.