Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Reporting:
Query/Results for UNIX

> ## When to edit the results.l file

> The `results.l` file defines the default language and the default delimiters for functions and address labels in Results. You edit the `results.l` file to:

> - Change the default language.

> - Change the default delimiters for functions and address label fields.

> The default language is English. If you change the default language, you see screens and messages in another language (for example, German or French) when you perform an initial build for a database.

> You can use the Language option in the Administration menu to reset the language after the initial build. However, some defaults do not change when you switch languages with the Language option. For example, you must use the options in the Administration menu to change the default address field settings in the Labels module and the name of the User-Sample Export option in the Data Export module. For more information about editing the default language, see the "Language" section.

> Note: When you set Results to run in a non-English language, set the `PROMSGS` environment variable to the same language so that Progress messages appear in that language.

> By default Results uses curly braces ( `{` and `}` ) to delimit functions in report headers and footers. It also uses braces to delimit the fields in address (and other) labels. Because seven-bit character sets use the curly braces for special characters, you can use angle brackets (`< >`) instead. You can change these default settings by editing the `results.l` file before you perform the initial build.

> For example, you can change the curly braces to angle brackets (`< >`). Under certain conditions, you can use other unmatched symbols. (You cannot use two slashes ( `/ /` ) because they are the same symbol.) You can use square brackets ( `[ ]` ) as long as there are no arrays. You cannot use parentheses ( `( )` ) because they interfere with the label-write code.

> As shown in Example 9–1, you can edit the following lines in your `results.l` file before you use the initial build to change the default delimiters.

> Example 9–1: results.l
>     left-delim= "{"
>     right-delim= "c}"

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