This option allows you to edit or translate the existing labels or descriptions used in the osFinancials to suit your specific needs or industry. You may also create or add a new language for a specific country or industry. You may also create or add a new language for a specific country or industry. 

You may edit or translate the existing labels or descriptions used in the osFinancials to suit your specific needs or industry. You may also create or add a new language for a specific country or industry. You may also create or add a new language for a specific country or industry. 

Sets of Books can be linked to the applicable language file (Setup → Access control on the Setup ribbon). 

The language files are stored in the *.dfm file type. The language files are located in the “...\Bin\Languages” directory, or other directory, where osFinancials is installed. The default language for the country you have selected when installing osFinancials will automatically be displayed when launching osFinancials for the first time. If a Set of Books is opened, it will load the language file (Setup → Access control).

If this is not the correct language, you may select any of the available languages. To do this, go to Switch language (Start ribbon). 

Care must be taken to ensure that existing labels in the master language are not amended. You need to create a new name for the file you wish to edit. 

You may at any time switch over to the master (English, Afrikaans or any other available language) in  Switch language (Start ribbon) and back again to your new customised language file. 

If you have created or edited a language file, it is recommended that you need to save a copy of the language file somewhere else on your system, in the event of uninstalling TurboCASH5.2 and installing new copies of osFinancials in which your language labels file, is not included in the TurboCASH5.2 installation. 

Structure of language labels 

The following series of LabelID's have been reserved for the following: 

  • 901000 - Plugins - Subscriptions 
  • 902000 - Plugins - Price agreements 
  • 903000 - Multimedia 
  • 906000 - Reportman reports and document layout files 
  • 1000000 - Welcome screen 

Create, Edit language files 

To create, Edit or Translate Language Labels or Descriptions: 

  1. On the Setup ribbon, select Tools → Customise language. 

  1. The options are as follows: 
    1. Language - You may select any of the available languages from the drop-down list. The selected language will be displayed on the list.
    2. Create - If you click on the Create button, new language will be displayed in this field. You may then enter the name for your own language.
    3. Reload using code page - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page for more information. Some codes that need to be entered for languages, are:
      • 720 – Arabic
      • 737 – Greek
      • 775 – Estonian, Lithuanian and Latvian
      • 855 – Cyrillic
      • 857 – Turkish
      • 860 – Portuguese
      • 861 – Icelandic
      • 862 – Hebrew
      • 863 – French (Quebec French)
      • 865 – Danish/Norwegian 
      • 866 – Cyrillic
      • 869 – Greek
      • 874 – Thai
    1. Unify - To be advised. 
    2. Number - The number of the descriptions that is used by the osFinancials. (This is the label’s record number in the Language table.)
    3. Message/text - Displays the descriptions of the selected language labels.
    4. Default (English) - Displays the original default English. This is the master file, and it is recommended that it should not be amended in any way.
    5. Translation (Edit) - You may type in or edit your own translation in this field.
    6. Search in - Select to search in the current language or in the English language. You then need to type the word or phrase to search for. You may also further refine your search, to find unchanged words or phrases, to view the unedited labels only. 

The number of records matching your search text will be displayed. 

You may also click on the Type tab to view the translations of the selected message text (label) in other available languages. 
    1. Search and Replace - Enter a word or phrase to find. You then need to enter a word or phrase to edit (change the label or message text), and click on the Go button to replace all the words or phrases in the language file.
    2. E-mail your language file to us - Once finished creating or editing your language file, click to send the language file to the osFinancials developers. This will automatically launch your system’s default e-mail program and attach your language file in the e-mail message. The developers will then add your language file in the next osFinancials release.
    3. Create image strip - To be advised.
    4. Add missing from Eng translation - This button is added at the bottom of the customise languages from osFinancials 5 (293). If your language file has less records than the number of records in the English language files, (for example if the English language file has 4011 records; and the language file you are editing or translating has less records than 4011); click on this button to add the missing English labels to your translation file. 
  1. Click on the Types tab to edit the translations of the Descriptions in the Types table. 

Types have also been added in which you could edit / translate or customise the descriptions of the following: 

    1. Account types (i.e. General ledger, Bank, Tax, Debtor and Creditor). 
    2. Document types (i.e. Invoice, Credit notes, Purchases, Supplier returns, Quotes and Orders) and Adjustments. 
    3. Statement and Remittance. 
    4. Groups names / descriptions (Setup → Groups) (i.e. Account group 1 / 2, Debtor group 1 / 2, Creditor group 1 / 2, Stock group 1 / 2, Document group 1 / 2, Payment type group, Salesperson group, Projects group, Cost Centre 1/ 2 and Languages for Stock. 
    5. Colour descriptions - 

These types have been removed from the Sets of Books in the TurboCASH5 Build 969 installation. 

This is not applicable to TurboCASH4 and TurboCASH5 series (i.e. Classic, Brilliant, Pastel, Keywest, NewSA and Windows Default). 
    1. Paper types - Pre-printed, Plain A4, Plain eyeline, Forty and Till slip. 
    2. User report row types - This is not applicable to the osFinancials4, osFinancials5 or TurboCASH5 or TurboCASH5.2 (i.e. Account, Blank, Column line, Group 1, Group 1 Detail, Group 2, Group 2 Detail, Single line, Text, Budget, Formula, Last year and This year). 
    3. Stock - Stock item, Comment, Serial number and Financial entry.
  1. Click on the Rest tab to change the Description of Zero account. This is usually the Empty option in Lookups, lists, etc. displaying in TurboCASH. It is also used for the Groups Empty Account. This is usually the Unallocated option in Lookups, lists, etc. displaying in TurboCASH.
  2. Once finished, click on the Close button.

It is strongly recommended that the label, which is edited or entered, is not longer than the “Default English” labels’ length. If your label is too long, it may cause some options in the program not to function or display properly. Do not use the Delete button to remove any of the existing edited labels. 

E-Mail message file to be included in next release 

To E-mail your language file to us 

  1. Enter your E-mail address and Name on the Customize language screen. 
  2. Click on the Email your language file to us button. Your system's default email program will be launched. 
  3. Check that it is the correct Language file. You may need to enter any content in the message field, if necessary. 
  4. Click on the Send button of your E-Mail program. 

Edit Language Files Externally 

You may export the Language file and edit it in a spreadsheet. Tab Delimited Export and Import 

When saving the edited file in OpenOffice, select the options save as text and set txt delimiter to empty. 

Once the file is saved, you may click on the Import From Tab button to import the edited text.