Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Internationalizing Applications

OpenEdge messages

The text used in OpenEdge messages is contained in the promsgs file. OpenEdge provides various language editions of the promsgs file in the DLC/prolang subdirectories. Each file has an extension that identifies its language. The following excerpt of the Dutch version of OpenEdge messages is from DLC/prolang/dut/promsgs.dut:

>0062ISO8859-1 %gbfblst -- Te veel block nivo’s. Verhoog -nb optie. (1)%GSYSTEM ERROR: bfblnd -- geen ar aktiref (2)%GSYSTEM ERROR: bfreg -- geen tak.

To run OpenEdge with a certain version of promsgs, set the PROMSGS environment variable to the appropriate file location. By default, OpenEdge retrieves messages from DLC/promsgs.You can also change the PROMSGS language dynamically, from within your application.