Users can change both the software language and vault language via M-Files Desktop (press Alt and select ). 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, that is, the 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, that is, different translations
of the same concept.