This chapter describes how to work with strings and other locale-specific data. It contains the following topics:

• About the Symbolic Strings Model
• Checking In and Checking Out Symbolic Strings
• Creating Symbolic Strings
• Modifying Symbolic Strings to Globally Update Display Values
• Using Symbolic String References
• Entering String Overrides
• About Converting and Consolidating Strings
• About the Symbolic String Conversion Process
• About the Symbolic String Consolidation Process
• Running the String Conversion Utility
• Running the String Consolidation Utility
• Using Batch Files to Convert and Consolidate Strings
• Working with Untranslatable Locale-Specific Object Properties
• Showing or Hiding Locale-Specific Items in Applet Layout
• Locating Orphaned String References After Upgrade
• About the Locale Management Utility
• Finding Untranslated Text Strings
• Finding Existing Translations
• Finding Modified Objects
• Exporting Text Strings and Locale-Specific Attributes
• Importing Text Strings and Locale-Specific Attributes
• Identifying Objects Modified Since the Last Export
• Replacing Strings
• Running the LMU Using the Command-Line Interface