In the Linux® operating
system, you can start CICS Explorer® in
a supported national language by creating and using an application
launcher, using a command in a Terminal window, or editing the CICS Explorer zosexplorer.ini file.
About this task
If you use an application launcher or a command in a Terminal
window to start CICS Explorer in
a specified national language, you can still start CICS Explorer in the default language.
To do this, double-click the zosexplorer file.
However,
if you edit the CICS Explorer zosexplorer.ini file
to start CICS Explorer in
a specified national language, you cannot start CICS Explorer in the default language
unless you edit the file and undo the change.
Use one of the
methods in the following procedure to start CICS Explorer in
the national language that you require.
Procedure
- Use the following steps to create and use an application
launcher.
- Create an Application Launcher.
- In the Name field, enter a name
for the launcher, for example CICS Explorer Japanese.
- In the Command field, click Browse and
navigate to the zosexplorer file in the location
where you downloaded the CICS
Explorer.
- Place your cursor at the end of the Command field
and type -nl xx, where xx is
the code for the language, as listed in Starting CICS Explorer in a translated language.
For example:
/home/user/Desktop/zosexplorer/zosexplorer
-nl ja
- Click Close to save the launcher.
- To start CICS
Explorer in the national language that you specified, double-click
the new launcher.
- Use the following steps to use a command in a Terminal
window.
- Open a Terminal window.
- Type the full path to the CICS Explorer executable file, followed
by -nl xx, where xx is
the code for the language, as listed in Starting CICS Explorer in a translated language.
For example:
/home/user/Desktop/zosexplorer/zosexplorer
-nl ja
- To start CICS
Explorer in the national language that you specified, press Enter.
- Use the following steps to edit the CICS Explorer zosexplorer.ini file.
- Navigate to the zosexplorer folder
where you downloaded the CICS
Explorer.
- Edit the zosexplorer.ini file and
add the following two lines of text to the end of the file, where xx is
the code for the language, as listed in Starting CICS Explorer in a translated language.
-nl
xx
The text must be on two lines,
as shown in the following example.
- Save and close the file.
- To start CICS
Explorer in the national language that you specified, double-click
the zosexplorer file.