The Culture tab in the Progress OpenEdge Application section of the Configurations wizard lets you set various internationalization options affecting ABL behavior of a launch configuration. See Progress OpenEdge Application settings for information about accessing the wizard.
The following controls are available on the Culture tab:
| Control | Purpose | Related parameter (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|
| Name (accessible from all tabs) | (Required) Specifies the name of the launch configuration, which appears on menus and in the left pane of the Configurations wizard. | |
| Use defaults | If checked, disables all other fields on this tab and causes the AVM to use the values in the startup parameter file(s) used by the configuration. | |
| Use OS locale | If checked, causes the configuration to use Windows locale settings for numeric and date formats. Any conflicting settings elsewhere on this tab override this setting. | Use OS Locale (-useOsLocale) |
| Language | Optionally specifies the initial return value for the CURRENT-LANGUAGE function. | Language (-lng) |
| Case table | Specifies the case table used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. | |
| Collation table | Specifies the collation table used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. | |
| Date format | Specifies the date-display format used by the configuration. | Date Format (-d) |
| Year offset | Specifies the first year of the 100-year period within which two-digit year values are assumed to fall. | Century Year Offset (-yy) |
| Fractional separator | Identifies the numeric value (as specified in the selected Internal code page) for the character used as a decimal point in formatted text. | Fractional Separator (-numdec) |
| Thousands separator | Identifies the numeric value (as specified in the selected Internal code page) for the character used as a thousands separator in formatted text. | Thousands Separator (-numsep) |
| Use 4-digit year | If checked, causes the EXPORT, MESSAGE and PUT UNFORMATTED statements use four-digit values for all years. | Four Digit Year Default (-yr4def) |
| Internal code page | Specifies the Internal code page used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. | Internal Code Page (-cpinternal) |
| Log file code page | Specifies the Log File code page used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. | Log File Code Page (-cplog) |
| R-code in code page | Specifies the R-code Ocode page used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. | R-code In Code Page (-cprcodein) |
| Terminal code page | Specifies the Terminal code page used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. | Terminal Code Page (-cpterm) |
| Stream code page | Specifies the Stream ccode page used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. | Stream Code Page (-cpstream) |
| Print code page | Specifies the Print ccode page used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. | Print Code Page (-cpprint) |
| R-code out code page | Specifies the R-code Out code page used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. | R-code Out Code Page (-cprcodeout) |
| Conversion map file | Optionally specifies the conversion map file (full path or path relative to the working directory) used by the configuration. The default convmap.cp file is used if this field is blank. | |
| Apply | Saves the current launch configuration definition. | |
| Revert | Revert | |
| Run or Debug | Runs the specified startup program or opens it in the Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge Debugger. | |
| Close | Closes the Configurations wizard. |