Language and Country Settings

By default, Content Studio uses the language and country settings of the client machine's operating system if possible. If this is not possible (because the required language files are not available), then it uses English language and country settings by default.

You can force Content Studio to ignore the operating system settings and use a specified language by adding the following properties to configuration-layer-root/com/escenic/webstart/StudioConfig.properties:

property.language

The 2-letter ISO language code of the required language (for example, en, no or de). This setting determines the language in which all Content Studio menu items, labels and messages are displayed. If you specify a language code for which no text files are available, then English will be used by default.

property.country

The 2-letter ISO country code of the required country (for example, US, NO or DE). This setting determines the formats and conventions used for displaying such things as decimal numbers, dates and so on.

In addition, it is possible for Content Studio users to override the default behavior and any settings in StudioConfig.properties by supplying parameters in the Content Studio URL. The default Content Studio start-up link has the following URL:

http://host:8080/studio/studio.jnlp

where host is the host name or IP address of the Content Engine host. A user can force Content Studio to be run in German, for example, by entering the following URL in the browser address field instead of just clicking on the start-up link:

http://host:8080/studio/studio.jnlp?language=de&country=DE

Text files for the following languages are currently supplied with Content Studio:

  • English

  • German