Setting the locale for API Designer
How to set one of the supported locales when you start the API Designer application.
About this task
If you want to use a different locale than your current operating system (OS) locale, you can set
a locale code by using the --lang
argument when you start the API Designer application. This
locale is then effective for the duration that the application is open. If no
--lang
argument is set, then the current OS locale is used.
Procedure
To change the locale for API Designer, complete the following instructions.
From the command line, run the following command to start the API Designer application with the
--lang
argument: Mac:
-
open "API Designer.app" --args --lang=locale_code
Windows:
-
"API Designer".exe --args --lang=locale_code
locale_code
is one of the following supported locale
codes:
Locale code |
Language |
---|---|
cs |
Czech |
de |
German (Standard) |
en-US |
English (United States) |
es |
Spanish |
fr |
French (Standard) |
it |
Italian (Standard) |
ja |
Japanese |
ko |
Korean |
nl |
Dutch (Standard) |
pl |
Polish |
pt-br |
Portuguese (Brazil) |
ru |
Russian |
tr |
Turkish |
zh-cn |
Chinese (PRC) |
zh-tw |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
For example, running the following command on a
Mac:
open "API Designer.app" --args --lang=es
sets the API Designer language to
Spanish.