Use Language (-lng) to specify the initial return value for the CURRENT-LANGUAGE function. This setting determines from which r-code segment the AVM reads character-string constants.

Operating system and syntax UNIX / Windows -lng language-name
Use with Maximum value Minimum value Single-user default Multi-user default
Client Session — — ? ?
language-name
A character string that contains the name of the current language.

The default value for the Language parameter is a character string that contains the question mark (?) character, which is not to be confused with the Unknown value (?). This tells the AVM to use the default language for the application.

For more information about the Language startup parameter, see Internationalize ABL Applications and ABL Reference.