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About the Active Language

The active language for Siebel Business Applications is the language used by the application, as determined by the following:

• Siebel Server/server components. The Language Code parameter setting for the Siebel Server determines the language in which server log file messages are written. Override values for this parameter are set for many server components, including Application Object Managers.

  For more information, see the Siebel Installation Guide for the operating system you are using and the Siebel System Administration Guide.

  For deployment scenarios for installing multiple languages on Siebel Servers, see Options for Installing Multiple Language Packs on Siebel Servers.

• Siebel Web Clients. The active language for a user session in the Siebel Web Client is determined by the Language Code parameter setting for the Application Object Manager component to which this client is connected.

  For more information, see the Siebel Installation Guide for the operating system you are using and the Siebel System Administration Guide.

  See also About Parameters for Language and Locale.

• Siebel Mobile Web Clients. The active language for a user session in the Siebel Mobile Web Client is determined by the Language parameter setting in the application configuration file. There are different configuration files for each language. They are located in a language-specific directory and have the Language parameter set appropriately. For example:
  • C:\Program Files\Siebel\7.8\Web Client\bin\deu\uagent.cfg (configuration file with Language parameter set to DEU)
  • C:\Program Files\Siebel\7.8\Web Client\bin\enu\uagent.cfg (configuration file with Language parameter set to ENU)

    Do not modify the Language parameter to change the active language. Instead, the user should specify the appropriate application configuration file for the language in which to run, by using the /c switch in the command line of the siebel.exe application shortcut.

    For example, to run Siebel Call Center in German, the properties of the Siebel application shortcut created during installation with the DEU language include something like this:

  /c C:PROGRA~1\SIEBEL\7.8\WEBCLI~1\bin\DEU\uagent.cfg

  For more information, see the Siebel Installation Guide for the operating system you are using and the Siebel Remote and Replication Manager Administration Guide.

  NOTE:  Siebel applications use Microsoft codes for Siebel language specifications. For information about Microsoft codes, see your Microsoft documentation.

• Siebel Tools. In Siebel Tools, you set the language mode to work with object definitions for a particular language. The language of an SRF file is determined by the language mode in effect when the SRF file was compiled.

  For more information about the effect of the language mode in Siebel Tools and about how to set it, see Using Siebel Tools.