Multilanguage application data
You can enable LN to store shared application data in multiple languages. This is useful if users from all over the globe are using the same environment. Depending on the user’s software language, the application data can also be displayed in the same language. If a report for a business partner is printed, the layout and data of the report are in the business partner’s language.
To store shared application data in multiple languages, you must configure Multilanguage Fields Support.
You can only configure Multilanguage Fields Support for fields of the Multibyte String data type.
To support all languages available for LN in one environment, you must install LN in Unicode mode. Unicode is the standard for multilanguage support and provides a unique code for each character regardless of the language.
ISO standards
In Infor Enterprise Server versions earlier than 8.4.1, the coding of data languages is based on the ISO 639-2 standard. This standard is not sufficient for coding languages such as Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Portuguese, and Brazilian Portuguese.
To support these languages, language coding in Infor Enterprise Server 8.4.1 and later is done according to the ISO standards used for Java programs.
A data language code consists of:
- A language code based on the ISO 639-1 standard.
- Optional: a country code based on the ISO 3166-1 standard.
The language code and the country code are separated by an underscore (_), see this table:
| Data Language | Description |
|---|---|
| de | German |
| en_GB | English_UNITED KINGDOM |
| en_US | English_UNITED STATES |
| he | Hebrew |
| it | Italian |
| ja | Japanese |
| nl | Dutch; Flemish |
| pt_BR | Portuguese_BRAZIL |
| pt_PT | Portuguese_PORTUGAL |
| zh_CN | Chinese_CHINA (Simplified) |
| zh_TW | Chinese_TAIWAN (Traditional) |