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Configuring Messages
16.9 Configuring the 'Reporting of System Errors'
Programming with STEP 7
Manual, 05/2010, A5E02789666-01 393
Translating messages and error texts into a language not supplied with STEP 7
Text in a language other than those supplied with STEP 7 will be displayed in the language set as
default. You can export these texts, translate them into the desired language and then import them
back into STEP 7. Add the desired language (Options > Language for Display Devices) and set
this as the default language. Before you export and compile the texts with "Manage Multilingual
Texts", you must regenerate 'Report system error'.
Recommended procedure:
1. Create a reference project with all components you use.
2. In the SIMATIC Manager, select the menu command Options > Language for Display
Devices..., add the desired language to project in the dialog box that appears and set this
language as the default.
3. Confirm your settings with OK.
4. When you have completed the configuration, select the menu command Options > Report
System Errors... in HW Config and click "Generate" in the dialog box that appears.
5. In the SIMATIC Manager, select the menu command Options > Manage Multilingual Texts >
Export and select the texts you want to export in the dialog box that appears. Select as source
language a language installed in the project that is also one of the languages delivered from
STEP 7and select your desired language for target language.
Result: Several text files are generated in the selected directory.
6. Translate the texts from the "S7SystemTextLibrary.xls" and "S7UserTexts.xls" files.
7. In the SIMATIC Manager, select the menu command Options > Manage Multilingual Texts >
Import.
Result: The texts you have translated are now displayed in the configured language.
Note
If you subsequently change your configuration in HW Config and/or regenerate "Report System Error",
the new messages and error texts will be displayed once again in a language supplied with STEP 7.
You have to translate these texts as described above. Please make sure that you select the option to
add an export target in the message that appears when exporting. The new texts are inserted at the
end of the corresponding text file (under "//$_Delta-Export").