Technical data

Setting Up and Editing the Project
6.4 Using Foreign-Language Character Sets
Programming with STEP 7
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Rules
If you will be editing your projects or libraries on computers that have different language settings,
be sure to observe the following "rules and regulations" to prevent incompatibilities or data
corruption from occurring when using a foreign-language character set:
• Install STEP 7 only in folders with names that contain the characters of the English character
set (ASCII characters 0x2a - 0x7f).
• Only use project names and project paths with names that contain the characters of the
English character set (ASCII characters 0x2a - 0x7f). For example, if you use German umlauts,
Cyrillic or Chinese characters, then the project can only be opened on computers that have a
compatible language setting in Windows.
• In multiprojects, only use projects and libraries with the same project language or those that
are identified as being language-neutral ones. The multiproject itself is language-neutral.
• When creating libraries, always make them language-neutral to ensure than they can be used
on computers with different Windows language settings. When assigning names to library
projects, entering comments, or creating symbol names, etc. be sure to only use ASCII
characters
(0x2a - 0x7f) so that the libraries can be used without any problems.
• When importing/exporting hardware configurations or symbol tables, make sure that you only
import/export language-compatible files.
• In the names of user-defined attributes, use only characters from the English-language
character set (ASCII characters 0x2a - 0x7f).
• If, in an STL source, you are using characters that are not in the English character set (ASCII
characters 0x2a - 0x7f) for the TITLE, AUTHOR, FAMILY block properties, then place these
entries in single quote marks.