Translate an alarm message

The message displayed in an Alarms widget is a text string that can appear in different languages. Enter a message, select the language for the translation, and then enter the translated string. The translated alarm message appears in the language of the user at runtime.

Prerequisites

Create an alarm

To translate an alarm message
  1. In Project view, navigate to and select the alarm.
  2. In Properties, in Message, type the message the alarm event is to display at runtime.
  3. In Project view, expand Translations.
  4. Double-click LocalizationDictionary#
  5. In the Translation Editor, select View Translation Reference.
    Your new message appears in the String column.
  6. In the row of the alarm message, select  Synchronize.
    A corresponding translated message appears in the Key column.
  7. Select View Translation Table.
  8. Select Add locale, select the desired language for the translation, and then select Checkmark.
  9. In New locales added, select Yes.
  10. In the third column, enter the string for the translation.