Overriding language settings

For both sites and individual users, you can set and override the default language settings. This topic discusses how language overrides work.

Levels of language selection and overrides

Language settings are made at a number of different levels and locations:

  • System-level settings

    At the lowest level, if no other language settings have been made, U.S. English or en-US is the default value used for all language settings.

    This value is set by default on the Sites or Sites/Entities form.

    On these forms, system administrators can change the default site or system language to another language.

  • User-level settings

    At the next level up, assuming the user is using the web client in a browser, browser settings override the default application language setting.

    • If the application is accessed through Infor Ming.le, then the user language preference, as set in Infor Ming.le is used. This setting overrides the browser's language setting.
    • If the user has a default language preference set on the Users form, then that setting overrides all lower settings in Infor Ming.le, browser, or the default application.

      This setting is typically made by the system administrator for the user. The setting is made on the Users form, in the Login Information > Default Language field.

In the User Preferences dialog box, individual users can change the default language preference for themselves. This setting overrides all other language settings.

Users can set the value in the Language field. In the web client, this field is on the Behavior tab. In the Windows client, this field is on the Runtime Behaviors tab.

To reset the language to the user-default language, select User Default Language Setting.

Language override information is saved and remains in effect the next time you log in to the application, and until you reset the override.

Limitations to Language Overrides

Whether you are an end user or system administrator, there are some limitations to setting language overrides:

  • When you override the language, if you select a language ID for which language-specific resources are not available, the missing resources display in the application's default language, which is U.S. English.

    For example, for a defined language, the String table for the language might exist, but the Message table might not. In this case, the user interface would display using the new language, but any system messages would display in U.S. English.

  • Drop-down calendars always display in the language of the user-default culture.
  • Graphs which are drawn by a third-party application might display text in the language of the user-default culture.
  • Date and number formats in the application's user interface can only be changed through the Windows regional settings on the computer where the application's client resides. If you are using a remote desktop connection to log on to the system, this affects all users connecting to the application through that client.