Configure language packs

The Language Pack node displays all of the language packs that have been registered for the Process Engine (PE) system. Each language pack contains the translated templates used for email notification of workflow activity. At least one language pack must be added; if not, email notification is disabled. Once added, the language pack is available for selection as a preferred locale in a user's Workplace or Workplace XT preferences.

CAUTION  Deleting all language packs disables all email notification. If a language pack has been chosen as a user's preferred locale and is subsequently deleted, PE uses the language pack associated with its default locale.

See Enable email notification for an overview of enabling email notification for your PE system.

To register or modify a language pack

  1. Select the Language Pack folder.
  2. To create a new language pack, select New from the Action menu.
  3. Modify the language pack properties as needed.
    Name Description
    Locale The locale to be associated with this language pack.

    Date/time mask

    Specifies the format used for string representations of date and time data. Refer to Sun's documentation for the SimpleDateFormat class for more information on setting a date/time format.

    By default, Process Task Manager displays the "short" date/time format for the language pack's locale. For example, the default Date/Time Mask for English is M/d/yy h:mm a.

    Number format

    Specifies the format used for string representations of numeric data. Refer to Sun's documentation for the DecimalFormat class for more information on setting a number format.

    By default, Process Task Manager displays the default number format for the language pack's locale. For example, the default Number Format for English is #,##0.###.

    Character set

    The character set to be used in encoding the email message. The default is ISO-8859-1.

    Template directory

    Specifies the location of the directory containing the translated email notification templates. You must specify a location when creating a new language pack. To update existing email notification templates, check Update email notification templates and specify a template directory.

    TIP The default email notification templates for English are located in \fnsw_loc\sd\msg (Windows) or /fnsw/local/sd/msg (UNIX).

  4. Click Apply to save the changes. If you checked Update email notification templates, the templates found in the directory specified by Template directory are added to the workflow database at this time, replacing the existing templates if necessary.

To delete a language pack

  1. Select the language pack you want to delete.
  2. Select Delete from the Action menu.