Users can change both the software language and vault language via M-Files Desktop (press
Alt and select Settings > Change Language...). The software language selection
is integrated in the software. The vault language refers to the metadata structure language, as the
metadata structure is always specific to the document vault. The language selection contains all languages
that the document vault has been translated into.
Administrators can also change the user-specific default vault language via the Properties dialog of
each M-Files user object. This can be any of the vault languages. If the user nor the administrator do not
specifically change the vault language, M-Files will use the vault source language as the default.
If 1) the software installation language, 2) the vault language, and 3) the Windows display language are the
same, all the M-Files functions and the metadata structure of the document vault are displayed in the
language in question.
Note: If the user adds a new value to the value list, the new value (concept) will be added to the original
metadata structure, i.e. source language contents, regardless of the user's vault language. For example, a
user with Finnish as the vault language, can add a new value LVI-piirustus to the value list
Drawing Types/Piirustustyypit. If the source language was English, the new Finnish value
"LVI-piirustus" is displayed among the English values: " Architectural,
LVI-piirustus, Mechanical, Services, etc. The name of this value can be changed in
Value List Properties to correspond the source language, after which it can be re-translated into
Finnish. Common views can be named in the same way according to the text added by the user, regardless of
the source language.
Note: If the metadata structure is translated into several languages, the software or the vault language
selected by the user does not affect the search results. For example, if the user has selected Finnish as
the language and added a document to class Hinnasto, the document in question is included in the
search results when using the search criterion Price List. However, then the concepts Price
List and Hinnasto must be translations of each other, i.e. different translations of the same
concept.