Working with Pages in Foreign Languages

Many organizations are multinational, operating their business in multiple countries and continents. For efficiency, these organizations typically deploy a single application in multiple languages. However, because internal application developers and administrators may not be familiar with each language in which applications are deployed, this can cause difficulty when updating or maintaining the applications. To assist developers at multinational organizations, PeopleSoft provides a Save As option and a Delete option when working with foreign language pages.

PeopleSoft Application Designer enables developers to modify pages in their base language and save the page in another language. This capability decreases the time required to develop pages in other languages, and it relieves developers from having to modify pages in languages they do not understand. To open a page definition in your base language and save the changes to another language, use the Save As option.

The Language drop-down list box on the Save As dialog box is only available when you are signed onto the database in the base language. When performing the Save As, select the appropriate language from the Language drop-down list box.

If the page definition exists in the foreign language (in the nonbase language), the system prompts you to confirm an overwrite of the definition.

When you are signed onto the database in the base language, the Delete dialog box contains the Language drop-down list box. The Language drop-down list box enables you to delete multiple pages from multiple nonbase languages.