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Hello,
More and more clients ask me to be able to have 3 languages in their PcVue project.
Do you have any tips or feedback?
Management of mimics and also variables!
Ideally activate each language without restarting the PcVue project...
Thanks !
Posted : 07/07/2022 2:10 pm
Hi Anthony,
Some methods we discussed during our last month tech corner :
1. Use scripting to manage a more than 2 language. In background, you actually have 2 copy for each mimics, the first is with the original 2 languages, and the second is with the additional 2 languages. And finally use script to manage which mimic to be opened for user navigation depending on language selection.
2. Using FrontVue as apparently it supports natively more than 2 language. But due to the limitation that FrontVue only supports OPC client interface, we can have 1 PcVue station that collects all tags from field devices or other SCADA station, and finally exposes the necessary tags to the FrontVue by acting as an OPC server.
Posted : 15/08/2022 4:12 pm
Hi Anthony,
Actually, when trying to brainstorm on multilingual (more than 2) projects, we would come to a dead-end on some features.
As you say, it is even more challenging to do it without restarting the project.
We may know that the most difficult part is about the description field, as at a time, PcVue is only able to manage 2 languages.
In other words, it is a big deal to handle the display for log viewers or alarm viewers (...) and switch from a couple of languages to another.
Maybe we should continue the discussion with what can be done.
I will begin with an easy topic, mimics:
One option is for every text object (simple or grouped), it has to be designed as symbols, one for each language. Each will be associated to a value (1, 2, 3, ...)
The animation 'Symbols register value' would be used everytime and "<2" for language 1 symbol, "<3" for language 2 symbol, ...
Posted : 15/09/2022 3:25 pm