Switching the language interface on Windows systems

The default language for openFT is set on installation:

• With operator-guided installation: If German or English is set as the locale in the operating system, this language is taken as the default language for openFT during installation. In the case of all other system languages, you are asked whether German or English is to be preset as the default language for openFT.

• With unattended installation: openFT is installed with the German language interface if you specify the TRANSFORMS=:de parameter for the Windows Installer. Otherwise, openFT is installed with the English language interface.

This language setting can be changed as follows:

• The user can change the locale using the Control Panel (e.g. Region and Language topic under Windows 10). This change then also applies to other programs.

• Using the environment variable OPENFTLANG, each user can modify their own language setting.

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  call up the Windows Control Panel Choose System and Security - System - Advanced System Settings. In the dialog box that then opens, click Environment Variables. In the user variables, set the OPENFTLANG variable to de or en.

  The following table shows how settings (or lack of settings) for OPENFTLANG and the locale set in the control panel work:

  OPENFTLANG	Language setting	Result
  Not set, empty or invalid value	Unsupported language	The language set on installation
  Not set, empty or invalid value	Supported language (German or English)	Language set with language setting
  Valid value (de or en)	Not evaluated	Language set with OPENFTLANG

  The changed language setting takes effect as soon as a program such as the openFT Explorer, the openFT Editor or the Windows command prompt is called again. If a program was active before the change, you must first close it and then restart it.