Configure IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop to display in a different language

The IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop can be displayed in English, French, German, and Japanese.

The interface integrates three parts: Eclipse, IXIASOFT CCMS, and an XML editor. For the interface to appear in a language other than English, each part must support the desired language and must be configured to appear in that language.

  • For the Eclipse interface to appear in the language, the Eclipse SDK must be updated with the required Eclipse Babel Language Pack, which is available from the IXIASOFT download site.
  • The CCMS includes the English, French, German, and Japanese versions of the labels and commands, which are enabled when you launch the CCMS Desktop in the desired locale.
  • The XML editor must be configured to display in the desired language.
  1. Go to the download site at the following URL and click the latest release version:
    https://cms.ixiasoft.com/downloads/CCMS_6.0/CCMS_Desktop/
  2. In the Language Packs folder, download the .zip file for the language pack you need to your local disk:
    • French: BabelLanguagePack-eclipse-fr_4.3.0.v20151128095134.zip
    • Japanese: BabelLanguagePack-eclipse-ja_4.3.0.v20151128095134.zip
    • German: BabelLanguagePack-eclipse-de_4.3.0.v20151128095134.zip
  3. Extract the .zip file to dropins folder where you installed the CCMS Desktop. Make sure that the language pack is extracted into the dropins folder as a subfolder labeled with the filename, which contains the features and plugins subfolders as shown in the following example.

    For example: C:\eclipses\prod\dropins\BabelLanguagePack-eclipse-fr_4.3.0.v20151128095134

    Figure: Example of Eclipse Babel Language Pack install directory
    Example of Eclipse Babel Language Pack install directory
  4. Specify the -nl [locale] command line argument when you launch Eclipse to enable the appropriate language in the interface. Depending on the language you want to use, type one of the following:
    • For English: -nl en
    • For French: -nl fr
    • For German: -nl de
    • For Japanese: -nl ja
    Use one of the following methods:
    Method Description
    The Eclipse shortcut

    Open the Properties of your Eclipse shortcut and add -nl [locale] to the Target box.

    For example, if you wanted to launch Eclipse with a French interface, you would do the following:

    Figure: Example of setting the language in the Eclipse shortcut
    Set Language in Eclipse shortcut
    The eclipse.ini file

    Find the eclipse.ini file in the folder where you installed the CCMS Desktop and open it in a text editor. At the beginning of the file add the following lines:

    -nl
[locale]

    For example, if you wanted to launch Eclipse with a French interface, your eclipse.ini file would look like the following:

    -nl
fr
-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20130327-1440.jar
--launcher.library
. . .
    The start_cms[version].bat.txt file

    If you are using a batch file to start Eclipse, add the following lines before the %activedebug% parameter:

    -nl [locale]

    For example, if you wanted to launch Eclipse with a French interface, your start_cms[version].bat.txt file would look like the following:

    . . .
echo Workspace folder is %data%										
echo Config folder is %config%
if not "%activedebug%"=="" echo Debug mode is on
if not "%activedebug%"=="" echo The start command is
if not "%activedebug%"=="" echo start 
	%eclipsefolder%\%instance%\eclipse.exe -data %data% 
	-configuration %config% -nl fr %activedebug%
if not "%activedebug%"=="" pause
  5. Configure the XML editor to display the desired language.
    For example, an Eclipse language pack for the XML editor might be available for download from the company's web site, which can then be extracted to dropins folder where you installed the CCMS Desktop in the same way you installed the Babel language pack. For more information, please see the XML editor's user documentation.
  6. Restart the CCMS Desktop.