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How default languages are implemented

When you connect a client computer to the Web Server, the script on the web page automatically detects the language code currently defined as the default for the browser. This code is drawn from the system locale setting defined in Control Panel|Regional Options on the client machine.

Once the browser's language code has been determined, the script attempts to match it with those available on the Web Server. If a match is made, the associated language is automatically used for the Web Client deployment configuration interface. If a match cannot be made, it defaults to English.

For example, if your Windows Locale setting is Chinese (PRC), the language code set for your browser would be "zh-cn". This is compared to the current list of language codes on the Web Server, which by default is the following:

Language

Windows Language Code

English

en

French

fr

German

de

Spanish

es

Simplified Chinese

zh

Japanese

ja

Korean

ko

Having found no match in "zh-cn", the script tries to load Simplified Chinese language, "zh", as a match. The interface will automatically display in Chinese.

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