Setting Placeholders in Language Resource Files

Objects are stored in language resource files as name-value pairs called resource keys:

• The name part specifies the name of the key

• The value part specifies the translated text for the key in the given language

You can maintain language resource files in any ASCII editor.

You use resource keys in HTML templates by inserting the key name as a placeholder for the desired text. To differentiate between a normal field reference and a resource key, the resource keys (placeholders) are always prefixed with the character #:

The following are valid placeholders in HTML templates for the resource keys CustomerName, Street, 1, Name: