Language Maintenance Facility Overview

Base Languages

CA Dataquery executes in the language you specify during system generation. This means all panels, literals, and vocabulary appear on your terminal screen in the language you designated as your base language during system generation. CA provides American English as the base CA Dataquery language, but German, and French are also available. Contact your CA representative for more information on obtaining one of these languages.

Other Languages

But what if you would prefer to see CA Dataquery execute in Spanish or some other language?

The Language Maintenance Facility allows you to translate the CA Dataquery vocabulary, literals, messages, commands, menus, and panels into another language. You can translate everything or you can select only specific panels to translate or customize. The ability to translate CA Dataquery is useful if your corporation has several international sites or a site with employees who speak different languages. You can translate CA Dataquery into all languages used. Then, each employee can use CA Dataquery in their own language.

Functions

You can use the Language Maintenance Facility to:

Create a partial translation from a base language.
Translate all parts of CA Dataquery including menus, Help panels, vocabulary, literals, and error messages to another language. (For example, American English to Spanish.)
Customize error messages to include information specific to your company such as, "Contact John Franks at extension 6670 if you encounter this message. "
Change the bulletin board.
Edit panels, literals, and vocabulary terms.
Delete panels, literals, and vocabulary terms.
List all panels, literals, and vocabulary terms.

System Tables

Performing query creation, maintenance, and storage functions involves commands, panels, vocabulary, messages, Help panels, and menus. CA Dataquery stores these messages, panels, commands, and vocabulary terms in the following tables:

DQM contains all literals (words generated by CA Dataquery).
DQP contains all panels (including Help, menus, error messages).
DQV contains all vocabulary (commands and DQL Language keywords).