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 software language, and 3) the vault 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.