Creating Localized Data Types

The search path for data types includes language-dependent locations. The desktop uses the value of LANG to determine the locations searched for data type definitions.

Locations for Localized Data Types

Localized data type definitions must be placed in the proper language-dependent directories along the actions search path.

The default search path is:

• Personal actions: HomeDirectory/.dt/types

• System-wide actions: /etc/dt/appconfig/types/language

• Built-in actions: /usr/dt/appconfig/types/language

To Localize a Data Type

1. Create a file in the appropriate language-dependent directory (for example, in /etc/dt/appconfig/types/japanese) .

2. Copy the data type definition to the language-dependent configuration file.

3. Localize one or more fields in the data type definition.