File header fields
This section describes the fields that are shown in a language file header.
Field | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Code | An acronym identifying a language. Typically, a language code consists of three characters, for example ENG for British English. | ||
Description | The name of the language, for example English. | ||
Language | The two-letter lowercase ID for the language. For example: en for English. | ||
Country | The two-letter uppercase ID for the country. For example: GB for British English. | ||
Variant | The two-letter ID for the vernacular language. A vernacular language is a language or dialect of a particular people or place. The default value is a hashmark (#), which means "empty". | ||
| The combination of language, country and variant makes up the regional settings. | ||
Default | The default text to be displayed in the application if a transkey does not have text in the selected language. See also Language data fields | ||
Build | A number identifying the software build matching this language file. When importing a language file whose build number is different from the application, an error is logged. | ||
Version | A number identifying the software version matching this language file. When importing a language file whose version number is different from the application, an error is logged. | ||
Encoding | If the encoding string is present in the header, the application checks the encoding when importing the file and will display an error if the file encoding does not match UTF-8. |
