GetLanguageString

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The GetLanguageString transaction queries an auxiliary language table to retrieve a translated string from the language currently being used. The language table to query must first be registered using RegisterLanguageTable.

Type  XTYP_REQUEST

Syntax [GetLanguageString(langTableID, stringID)]

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Data type

Meaning

langTableID

WORD

identifer of the auxiliary language table to query

stringID

WORD

identifier of the string to retrieve

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Data type

Meaning

string

string

user interface text that was retrieved

Remarks

Language tables are produced using Spicer's Lingo application. This application also produces an include file with a set of defines and string IDs in it. This is where you get the stringID value to use.

Release information

Added in Release 4.42.

See also

Defining the interface language