Managing the languages and the character set

Versions 21 and later
To change the language of current system, use SysNation.

New in version 21
To change the language of current system, use SysNation.

To change the language of current system, use SysNation.

Nation function and file of error messages

Identifier of languages

Identifier	Constant	Language
1	nationGerman		German
2	nationAmerican		American
3	nationEnglish		English
4	nationAustralian		Australian
5	nationFrench		French
6	nationDanish		Danish
7	nationSpanish		Spanish
8	nationFinnish		Finnish
9	nationFrenchCanadian		French Canadian
10	nationIcelandic		Icelandic
11	nationItalian		Italian
12	nationDutch		Dutch
13	nationNorwegian		Norwegian
14	nationPortuguese		Portuguese
15	nationBrazilianPortuguese		Brazilian Portuguese
16	nationRussian		Russian
17	nationSwedish		Swedish
18	nationCzech		Czech
19	nationArabic		Arabic
20	nationBosniac		Bosnian
21	nationBulgarian		Bulgarian
22	nationTraditionalChinese		Chinese
23	nationChinese		Simplified Chinese
24	nationKorean		Korean
25	nationCroatian		Croatian
26	nationEstonian		Estonian
27	nationGreek		Greek
28	nationHebrew		Hebrew
29	nationHungarian		Hungarian
30	nationIrish		Irish
31	nationJapanese		Japanese
32	nationLatvian		Latvian
33	nationLithuanian		Lithuanian
34	nationPolish		Polish
35	nationRomanian		Romanian
36	nationSerbian		Serbian
37	nationSlovak		Slovakian
38	nationSlovenian		Slovenian
39	nationThai		Thai
40	nationTurkish		Turkish
41	nationVietnamese		Vietnamese
42	Versions 16 and later nationAfrikaans New in version 16 nationAfrikaans nationAfrikaans		Afrikaans
43	Versions 16 and later nationBengali New in version 16 nationBengali nationBengali		Bengali
44	Versions 16 and later nationBelarusian New in version 16 nationBelarusian nationBelarusian		Belorussian
45	Versions 16 and later nationCatalan New in version 16 nationCatalan nationCatalan		Catalan
46	Versions 16 and later nationIndonesian New in version 16 nationIndonesian nationIndonesian		Indonesian
47	Versions 16 and later nationMacedonian New in version 16 nationMacedonian nationMacedonian		Macedonian
48	Versions 16 and later nationPunjabi New in version 16 nationPunjabi nationPunjabi		Punjabi
49	Versions 16 and later nationSindhi New in version 16 nationSindhi nationSindhi		Sindhi
50	Versions 17 and later nationHindi New in version 17 nationHindi nationHindi		Hindi
Custom languages
201			Language 1
202			Language 2
203			Language 3
204			Language 4
205			Language 5
206			Language 6
207			Language 7
208			Language 8
209			Language 9
210			Language 10
211			Language 11
212			Language 12

Changing language

• Nation changes the runtime language.
  The change will be effective:
  After the call to Nation, the windows, the pages, ... display the titles, the captions, ... in the requested language.

• To modify the language of the current window or page, you must:
  • redisplay the relevant window (or page) with Use (or PageUse or FramesetUse), after the call to Nation.

• Translation not found:
  If the translation of a window, page, message, ... was not performed for the specified language (the element is not associated with this language), the mechanism of preferred languages displays the information in a language close to the desired one. See Managing the application language by programming for more details.

• Changing language via a menu option:
  If the change of language is performed via a menu option:
  • the menu remains in the language selected by default. To modify the menu language, you must redisplay: