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Identifiers of the language

Identifiers of countries

Variants

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Language (Property)

In french: Langue

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The Language property is used to set the language used to compare and sort Unicode items (Unicode Text item or Unicode Text Memo item). You can:

Find out the language parameters used at runtime for comparing and sorting. This property can be used for an item defined in the data model editor or defined through programming. The modifications performed by the H.LanguageCreationUnicode variable are taken into account.
Define the parameters of the language used for the comparisons and for the sort (when the item is described through programming). In this case, this property is equivalent to the LanguageDescribed property.

Versions 17 and later

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 21 and later

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

// Returns the language of the item
Trace("Language used in the data file: ") + Customer.Name.Language

Syntax

Finding out the language parameters Hide the details

Language parameters> = <Data file>.<Item>.Language

<Language settings>: Character string

Characteristics of the language used for the comparisons and for the sort, in the following format:

<Language identifier> + TAB + <Country identifier> + TAB + <Variant>

If the language parameters have been defined in the analysis as being:
"Defined at creation", <Language parameters> will correspond to the hLanguageCreation constant (or to "##CREATION##"+TAB+"##CREATION##"+TAB+"##CREATION##").
Versions 17 and later
"Binary sort", <Language parameters> will correspond to the hLanguageBinarySort constant (or to "##BINARY##"+TAB+"##BINARY##"+TAB+"##BINARY##").
New in version 17
"Binary sort", <Language parameters> will correspond to the hLanguageBinarySort constant (or to "##BINARY##"+TAB+"##BINARY##"+TAB+"##BINARY##").
"Binary sort", <Language parameters> will correspond to the hLanguageBinarySort constant (or to "##BINARY##"+TAB+"##BINARY##"+TAB+"##BINARY##").
Versions 17 and later
"Fast sort (multilingual)", <Language parameters> will correspond to the hLanguageFastSort constant (or to "##FASTSORT##"+TAB+"##FASTSORT##"+TAB+"##FASTSORT##").
New in version 17
"Fast sort (multilingual)", <Language parameters> will correspond to the hLanguageFastSort constant (or to "##FASTSORT##"+TAB+"##FASTSORT##"+TAB+"##FASTSORT##").
"Fast sort (multilingual)", <Language parameters> will correspond to the hLanguageFastSort constant (or to "##FASTSORT##"+TAB+"##FASTSORT##"+TAB+"##FASTSORT##").

<Data file>: Character string

Name of the file used. This name was defined in the data model editor or with the File Description type.

<Item>: Character string

Name of the item used. This name was defined in the data model editor or with the Item Description type.

Defining the language parameters (item described through programming) Hide the details

<Item>.Language = <Language settings>

<Item>: Character string

Name of the item used. This name was defined by the Item Description type.

<Language settings>: Character string

Characteristics of the language that will be used for the comparisons and for the sort, in the following format:

<Language identifier> + TAB + <Country identifier> + TAB + <Variant>

Versions 17 and later
To use a binary sort, <Language parameters> must correspond to the hLanguageBinarySort constant (or to "##BINARY##"+TAB+"##BINARY##"+TAB+"##BINARY##").
To use a fast sort, <Language parameters> must correspond to the hLanguageFastSort constant (or to "##FASTSORT##"+TAB+"##FASTSORT##"+TAB+"##FASTSORT##").
New in version 17
To use a binary sort, <Language parameters> must correspond to the hLanguageBinarySort constant (or to "##BINARY##"+TAB+"##BINARY##"+TAB+"##BINARY##").
To use a fast sort, <Language parameters> must correspond to the hLanguageFastSort constant (or to "##FASTSORT##"+TAB+"##FASTSORT##"+TAB+"##FASTSORT##").
To use a binary sort, <Language parameters> must correspond to the hLanguageBinarySort constant (or to "##BINARY##"+TAB+"##BINARY##"+TAB+"##BINARY##").
To use a fast sort, <Language parameters> must correspond to the hLanguageFastSort constant (or to "##FASTSORT##"+TAB+"##FASTSORT##"+TAB+"##FASTSORT##").

Remarks

Identifiers of the language

The identifiers used for the languages are as follows:


Identifier - Language	Identifier - Language
AR - Arabic	AS - Assamese
BE - Byelorussian	BG - Bulgarian
CA - Catalan	CS - Czech
DA - Danish	DE - German
EL - Modern Greek	EN - English
ES - Spanish	ET - Estonian
FA - Farsi	FI - Finnish
FO - Faroese	FR - French
GA - Irish	GU - Gujarati
HE - Hebrew	HI - Hindi
HR - Croatian	HU - Hungarian
ID - Indonesian	IN - Indonesian
IS - Icelandic	IT - Italian
IW - Hebrew	JA - Japanese
KK - Kazakh	KL - Greenlandic
KN - Kannada	KO - Korean
LT - Lithuanian	LV - Latvian
MK - Macedonian	MR - Marathi
MS - Malay	MT - Maltese
NB - Norwegian bokmål	NL - Dutch
NN - Norwegian nynorsk	OM - Galla
PA - Punjabi	PL - Polish
PS - Patcho	PT - Portuguese
RO - Romanian	RU - Russian
SH - Latin Serbian	SK - Slovakian
SL - Slovenian	SQ - Albanian
SR - Serbian	SV - Swedish
TA - Tamil	TE - Telugu
TH - Thai	TR - Turkish
UK - Ukrainian	VI - Vietnamese
ZH - Chinese

Identifiers of countries

The identifiers used for the countries are as follows:


Identifier - Country	Identifier - Country	Identifier - Country
AE - United Arab Emirates	AF - Afghanistan	AL - Albania
AR - Argentina	AT - Austria	AU - Australia
BA - Bosnia-Herzegovina	BE - Belgium	BG - Bulgaria
BH - Bahrain	BN - Brunei	BO - Bolivia
BR - Brazil	BW - Botswana	BY - Belarus
CA - Canada	CH - Switzerland	CL - Chile
CN - China	CO - Colombia	CR - Costa Rica
CZ - Czech Republic	DE - Germany	DK - Denmark
DO - Dominican Republic	DZ - Algeria	EC - Ecuador
EE - Estonia	EG - Egypt	ES - Spain
ET - Ethiopia	FI - Finland	FO - Faroe Islands
FR - France	GB - Great Britain	GL - Greenland
GR - Greece	GT - Guatemala	HK - Hong Kong
HN - Honduras	HR - Croatia	HU - Hungary
ID - Indonesia	IE - Ireland	IL - Israel
IN - India	IQ - Iraq	IR - Iran
IS - Iceland	IT - Italy	JO - Jordan
JP - Japan	KE - Kenya	KR - South Korea
KW - Kuwait	KZ - Kazakhstan	LB - Lebanon
LT - Lithuania	LU - Luxembourg	LV - Latvia
LY - Libya	MA - Morocco	MK - Macedonia
MO - Macau	MT - Malta	MX - Mexico
MY - Malaysia	NI - Nicaragua	NL - Netherlands
NO - Norway	NZ - New Zealand	OM - Oman
PA - Panama	PE - Peru	PH - Philippines
PL - Poland	PR - Puerto Rico	PT - Portugal
PY - Paraguay	QA - Qatar	RO - Romania
RU - Russian	SA - Saudi Arabia	SD - Sudan
SE - Sweden	SG - Singapore	SI - Slovenia
SK - Slovakia	SV - El Salvadore	SY - Syria
TH - Thailand	TN - Tunisia	TR - Turkey
TW - Taiwan	UA - Ukraine	US - Unites States
UY - Uruguay	VE - Venezuela	VI - Virgin Islands of the United States
VN - Viet Nam	YE - Yemen	YU - Bosnia-Herzegovina
ZA - South Africa	ZW - Zimbabwe

Variants

The variants are as follows:


Variants	Explanation
PHONEBOOK	Variant of German
POSIX	Variant of English for the Unites States
TRADITIONAL	Variant of Spanish
DIRECT	Variant of Hindi
STROKE	Variant of Chinese from Taiwan
PINYIN	Variant of Chinese from China