International settings in ContactManager

You can set the following international settings:

  • The language in which ContactManager displays labels and drop-down menu choices
  • The regional formats that ContactManager uses to enter and display dates, times, numbers, monetary amounts, and names

You set your personal preferences for display language and for regional formats by using the Options menu at the top, right-hand side of the ContactManager screen. On that menu, click International, and then select one of the following:

  • Language
  • Regional Formats

To set international settings in the application, you must configure ContactManager with more than one region. Your configuration of regions and languages determines what you see on this menu, as follows:

  • ContactManager hides the Language submenu if only one language is installed.
  • ContactManager hides the Regional Formats submenu if only one region is configured.
  • ContactManager hides the International menu option entirely if a single language is installed and ContactManager is configured for a single locale.

ContactManager indicates the current selections for Language and Regional Formats by placing a check mark to the left of the selected options and displaying them in gray.

Options for language

In the base configuration, Guidewire has a single display language, English. To view another language in ContactManager, you must install a language pack and configure ContactManager for that language. If your installation has more than one language, you can select among them from the Language submenu. The LanguageType typelist defines the set of language choices that display on the menu.

If you do not select a display language from the Language submenu, ContactManager uses the primary display language. The configuration parameter DefaultApplicationLanguage specifies this language. In the base configuration, the primary display language is U.S. English.

Options for regional formats

If your installation contains more than one configured region, you can select a regional format for that region from the Regional Formats submenu. At the time you configure a region, you define regional formats for it.

Regional formats specify the visual layout of the following kinds of data:

  • Date
  • Time
  • Number
  • Monetary amounts
  • Names of people and companies

The LocaleType typelist defines the names of regional formats that you can select from the Regional Formats submenu. The base configuration defines the following locale types:

  • Australia (English)
  • Canada (English)
  • Canada (French)
  • France (French)
  • Germany (German)
  • Great Britain (English)
  • Japan (Japanese)
  • United States (English)

If you do not select a regional format from the Regional Formats menu, ContactManager uses the regional formats of the default region. The configuration parameter DefaultApplicationLocale specifies the default region. In the base configuration, the default region is en_US, United States (English). If you select your preference for region from the Regional Formats menu, you can later use the default region again only by selecting it from the Regional Formats menu.

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