How to change "project language"?

[canhuth]

Hello everyone.

I started out with project language "English (GB)", but now we need to change this to "English (USA)". Can this be done? Can I just change the .aip file? When doing this, what are possible side effects?



With best regards

Clemens Anhuth

[Ionut]

Hi Clemens,

Normally, the project language cannot (and should not) be changed after creating the project. However, since the 2 languages are almost identical, you could attempt the following (after backing up your existing AIP file first):

1. Open the AIP file and change the value of the "Language" attribute of the "DOCUMENT" element from "en_GB" to "en".

2. Change the row:

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<ROW Property="ProductLanguage" Value="2057"/>

to:

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<ROW Property="ProductLanguage" Value="1033"/>

3. Change the row:

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<ROW Property="ProductCode" Value="2057:{A9723135-DAE3-4F10-B2A8-FC540F05F7D5} "/>

to:

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<ROW Property="ProductCode" Value="1033:{A9723135-DAE3-4F10-B2A8-FC540F05F7D5} "/>

The above ProductCode GUID is just an example, make sure you use the correct ProductCode GUID. If you have a multilingual package, change only the first "Language:GUID" pair.

4. Change the "DictionaryComponent" element from:

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<COMPONENT cid="caphyon.advinst.msicomp.DictionaryComponent">
    <ROW Path="<AI_DICTS>ui.ail"/>
    <ROW Path="<AI_DICTS>ui_en_GB.ail"/>
  </COMPONENT>

to:

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<COMPONENT cid="caphyon.advinst.msicomp.DictionaryComponent">
    <ROW Path="<AI_DICTS>ui.ail"/>
    <ROW Path="<AI_DICTS>ui_en.ail"/>
  </COMPONENT>

Again, pay close attention if you have any custom dictionaries or Repository dialogs.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Ionut

[canhuth]

Hi Ionut,

thank you for the information, I will try this.



With best regards

Clemens Anhuth