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ABL Syntax Reference : CURRENT-LANGUAGE function
 

CURRENT-LANGUAGE function

Returns the current value of the CURRENT-LANGUAGE variable.
Note: Does not apply to SpeedScript programming.

Syntax

CURRENT-LANGUAGE

Example

The following example displays a message indicating the setting of your CURRENT-LANGUAGE:
r-curlng.p
DEFINE VARIABLE cur-lang AS CHARACTER NO-UNDO.

cur-lang = CURRENT-LANGUAGE.

IF cur-lang = "?" THEN
  MESSAGE "Your current language is not set.".
ELSE
  MESSAGE "Your current language is" cur-lang.

Notes

*An r-code file may contain several text segments each associated with a different language. The setting of the CURRENT-LANGUAGE variable determines from which r-code text segment the AVM reads character-string constants.
*If the value of CURRENT-LANGUAGE is a quoted question mark ("?"), the AVM reads character-strings from the default text segment.
*The value of CURRENT-LANGUAGE might be a comma-separated list of language names. If so, the AVM searches r-code for a text segment that matches the first language in the list. If that segment is not found, then it searches for a text segment for the next entry in the list until a segment is found.
*You can initialize the CURRENT-LANGUAGE variable with the Language (-lng) parameter.
*The behavior of CURRENT-LANGUAGE when one procedure calls another is as follows:
*If a procedure changes the value of CURRENT-LANGUAGE, calls from the procedure to the CURRENT-LANGUAGE function return the name of the new language, but the procedure continues to use the character strings of the original language.
*If the procedure then runs another procedure, when the called procedure gets control, calls from the called procedure to the CURRENT-LANGUAGE function return the name of the new language, and the called procedure uses the character strings of the new language.
*When the called procedure finishes and control returns to the original procedure, calls from the original procedure to the CURRENT-LANGUAGE function return the name of the new language, but the original procedure continues to use the character strings of the original language.

See also

COMPILE statement, CURRENT-LANGUAGE statement