Project documentation languages overview
A
Logix Designer
software project may be configured to show project
documentation for any supported language, regardless if the project has content or
not. If a language has content, either because the content was entered manually or
imported from a localization file, the project documentation that has been localized
is displayed in the selected current language. If a language or a portion of
documentation has no localization associated with it, then the documentation is
blank.In addition to showing the current language’s documentation, you have the option to
specify a default language to view. A default language’s content is shown when the
current language’s content is blank for a particular portion of documentation.
Project documentation that supports multiple translations includes these
variables:
- Component descriptions in tags, routines, programs, Equipment Phases, Equipment Sequences, user-defined data types, data logs, and Add-On Instructions
- Engineering units and state identifiers added to tags, user-defined data types, or Add-On Instructions
- Trends
- Controllers
- Alarm Messages (in configuration of ALARM_ANALOG and ALARM_DIGITAL tags)
- Tasks
- Property descriptions for module in the Controller Organizer
- Rung comments, SFC text boxes, and FBD text boxes
Enabling project documentation languages in Logix Designer software
Logix Designer
software By default, the Project Documentation Languages feature is not enabled in
Logix Designer
software projects. You must explicitly
turn on the Project Documentation Languages feature by choosing a current language
for the project. You can choose languages from the Documentation Languages Toolbar
or by opening the Project Documentation Language
Configuration
dialog box.Once a current language is chosen from the Documentation Languages toolbar or once
the
Project Documentation Language Configuration
dialog box
is opened for the first time (in a project where the documentation is not associated
with a language), you are informed that all existing project documentation needs to
be associated with a language. The Project Documentation
Language
dialog box opens for you to choose the language with which
to associate existing project documentation.
IMPORTANT:
Once existing documentation is associated with a language,
language neutral documentation no longer exists in the project. This operation
cannot be undone.
Switching documentation languages
When Project Documentation Languages is enabled in a project, that project’s
documentation may be switched between any of the languages contained in the
project.
When you switch a language using either the Documentation Languages toolbar or the
Project Documentation Language Configuration
dialog box,
all project documentation is immediately refreshed to display the specified new
language. All viewable and translatable project documentation is changed to the
newly specified language. If localization exists for a portion of viewable project
documentation, the localized documentation is displayed. If localization does not
exist for a portion of viewable project documentation, the documentation appears
blank, unless a default language is specified. Then, the default language is
shown.You can use the Project Documentation Languages feature while working online or
offline.
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