LANGUAGE

Description

Used to specify the language in which screen text is displayed for a particular user.

This common end-user parameter is applicable to these control statements: SYSTEM (see SYSTEM statement), PROFILE (see PROFILE statement), USER (see USER statement), and TERMINAL (see TERMINAL statement).

Format

LANGuage languageid

Usage

Language Packs (LPs) contain all the Panels, Scripts, Text and Messages that have been translated. For more information on LPs and national language support in IBM Session Manager, see the Installation and Customization manual.

languageid is a two-character identifier, consisting only of letters of the alphabet or numerals. The specified languageid should match the LP identifier.

For additional customer-defined messages and panels:

If a LANGUAGE value is not specified, or an invalid value for languageid is specified (that is, there is no corresponding LP) then the default LP (English) is used.

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