Automatic german control naming

[Labuser16383]

Hello all,

i would like to consequently name everything in my LabVIEW project in english. However, my german LabVIEW always generates german names like "Fehler (kein Fehler, Eingang)" or "sth (Eingang)" and so on.

This really messes up my project because all my other variable names are in english and i don't want to mixup german and english.

Could you please help me to locate the corresponding language setting (eventually in the "Werkzeuge->Optionen" Dialog) or find a workaround?

I tried search and replace with regex but this is still cumbersome.

Thank you!!

[crabman]

AFAIK the only way to change the LabVIEW language setting is by uninstalling your (German) version and reinstall LabVIEW using the installer for English version.

[daveTW · Accepted solution]

You will have to install the english version of LabVIEW development system. But it should be no problem to use it with your present license key.

[Labuser16383]

Ok, i will accept this as a solution. But i have a bad bad conscience about this.

On my opinion, the LabVIEW dev crew should be pursuated providing an appropriate language setting.

I see the point of having a localized dev environment.

However, the standard programming language language is english, AFAIK.

So it should be at least possible that the automatically generated inputs and outputs are named in english independently of the language setting of the dev environment.

[GerdW]

Hi Labuser,

the controls/indicators most often still use their English label, but show a German caption:

So you might also write a small VI to replace/delete those captions…

[Labuser16383]

That would be a good idea for reasons of sportiness.

Badly, i have to get sth ready the next days. So no chance this week.

[GerdW]

Hi Labuser,

you can also place your own controls in the controls palette and choose them instead of the "original German LabVIEW" ones. So set up your error clusters (and what you need often, too) with corrected label/caption and put them in the palettes! (You could even prepare complete VIs - I often change the FP background color to "system background" instead of "LabVIEW ugly dark gray"…)

One time work, which often is used:

[daveTW]

Hey Gerd,

thank you for the table. I will present it to my colleagues and am looking forward to the discussions

[Labuser16383]

Thank you, too. Nice table.

[GerdW]

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