About changing the project language

Use
View Designer
 to select a language to display on the HMI device. This feature enables you to display the runtime application in a language the operator understands.
In
View Designer
, select the language or languages from a predefined list.
View Designer
 creates a language file when you export the selected languages. Open the file using
Microsoft
 Excel. The language file contains a KEY column that contains all of the user-editable text strings in the project.
The selected languages are used as the headings for the other columns in the spreadsheet. Enter the translation for each item in the spreadsheet in the appropriate column.
Import the language file to add the languages to the
View Designer
 project. When you download the project to the HMI device, select the project language using the
Download Runtime Application
 wizard.
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Only content that can be localized and unlinked properties can be imported or exported.
These items display in the selected language:
  • Controller extended tag properties.
  • Controller alarm strings.
  • User-editable text strings.
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    • Alarm history is always logged in the language chosen as the default language in
      Project Properties
       >
      Language
      .
    • The alarm history viewer element shows the content of the alarm history log. It does not switch the language of the alarm messages because the messages are only logged in one language.
    • If an alarm message configuration changes in the controller, the alarm history viewer element displays the old alarm message for alarm transitions prior to the change and the new alarm message for alarm transitions after the change.
    • Items that do not display in the selected language include:
      • Error messages.
      • Non-user-editable text strings, such as the column headings in the
        Alarm Summary
        or text that is built into a graphic element.
    • If there is a duplicate language column in the language file, such as two en-US columns,
      View Designer
       imports the data in the right-most column.
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