Displaying Characteristic Language Info—Exercises
Basic Data Setup
Configuration Characteristic
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to set
up the basic data required for running this particular functionality.
Windows:
Configuration Characteristic
Note: If you have not yet already done so, create the following :
-
Create a configuration characteristic of XXGDCOLOR (XX=your
initials).
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Open the
Configuration Characteristic window and enter your
characteristic with alphanumeric and discrete options.
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Option values are not mandatory and can only be used if the
characteristic is set to discrete option. For this exercise enter option values White, Black, and
Gray.
General exercise for Configuration
Characteristic
Language Codes
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to set up
language codes required for running this particular functionality.
Windows:
ISO Code Usage
- Open the ISO Code Usage window.
- Click the
Language tab.
- Populate the table window.
- Select the check boxes for the languages to be used in IFS Applications.
Main Exercise
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to translate
characteristics and to decide in which documents they should be printed.
Windows:
Configuration Language Characteristic
Language and Display Info on Configuration Characteristics
- Open the
Configuration Language Characteristic window and query
for the
XXGDCOLOR
characteristic. Note: You can also right-click in the
Configuration
Characteristic window to open this window.
- The
Characteristic Language Description tab will display a record
for the user's current client language.
- Create a new record using the following values and save the changes (Note Text is optional).
Language Code |
Description |
Select a language code of your own from the List of Values. |
Enter the description of the characteristic in the selected language. |
- Click the
Option Language Description tab and select Black in the
Option
Value ID field. The table window will display a record for the option for
the user's current client language.
- Create a new record using the following values and save:
Language Code |
Description |
Select a language code of your own from the List of Values. |
Enter the description of the characteristic in the selected language |
- Repeat the process for the gray and white options records. Save.
- If the user needs to have translation for more languages, repeat steps 2
through 4.
- In the
Display Information tab, select Yes on the documents where the
characteristic and selected option values are to be printed. Select No on the
documents where you do not wish to print the characteristic. Save.
- Note: More print settings are defined on the
Print Code tab
of the Sales Basic Data window.