Rockwell Automation Logix5000 Logix5000 Controllers Quick Start - Manual (Page 108)

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Chapter 6 Document a Project
Language Switching
With RSLogix 5000 software, version 17, you have the option to display project documentation, such as tag
descriptions and rung comments for any supported localized language. You can store project documentation
for multiple languages in a single project file rather than in language-specific project files. You define all the
localized languages that the project will support and set the current, default, and optional custom localized
language. The software uses the default language if the current language's content is blank for a particular
component of the project. However, you can use a custom language to tailor documentation to a specific
type of project file user.
Enter the localized descriptions in your RSLogix 5000 project, either when programming in that language or
by using the import/export utility to translate the documentation off-line and then import it back into the
project. Once you enable language switching in RSLogix 5000 software, you can dynamically switch between
languages as you use the software.
Project documentation that supports multiple translations within a project includes:
• Component descriptions in tags, routines, programs, user-defined data types, and Add-On Instructions
• Equipment phases
• Trends
• Controllers
• Alarm messages (in ALARM_ANALOG and ALARM_DIGITAL configuration)
• Tasks
• Property descriptions for modules in the Controller Organizer
• Rung comments, SFC text boxes, and FBD text boxes
For more information on enabling a project to support multiple translations of project documentation, see
the online help.