Enable language switching for extended properties on HMI displays

The language switching allows you to switch between different languages in a
FactoryTalk View
 application at run time. The following text strings in the extended properties support language switching:
  • Descriptions (limited to 512 characters)
  • Engineering Units (limited to 80 characters)
  • State information (limited to 80 characters)
To enable language switches for extended properties on HMI displays
  1. In
    Studio 5000 Logix Designer
     version 21.00.00 or later, configure description, engineering unit, or state information in the extended properties of a tag (or a user-defined data type), with two or more languages.
    For the detailed steps about adding multiple languages to extended properties of a tag (or a user-defined data type), refer to
    Logix 5000
     Controllers I/O and Tag Data programming manual
    .
  2. In
    FactoryTalk View Studio
     version 9.00.00 or later, open your application and navigate to (or create an)
    FactoryTalk Linx
     server.
  3. Define a shortcut with the
    Processor
     shortcut type, and define the shortcut to the target
    ControlLogix
     controller.
  4. In
    FactoryTalk View Studio
    , configure your application with the languages which you have defined in
    Studio 5000 Logix Designer
    .
    For the detailed steps about how to add languages to an application, refer to
    FactoryTalk View
     User Guide
    .
  5. In your application, use the format
    TagName.@ExtendedProperty
    to read the values, where
    TagName
     is the controller tag and
    ExtendedProperty
    is the extended tag property. For example,
    [Shortcut]SodaCIPTanks.Water.@Description
    .
    For detailed information about using the controller tag extended properties, refer to
    FactoryTalk View SE/ME User Guide
    .
  6. Start your client.
  7. While the client is running, switch languages that you have configured as needed.
  8. (Optional) In
    FactoryTalk Live Data Test Client
    , test and verify the language switching of the extended properties.
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