The Culture tab in the Progress OpenEdge Application section of the Run Configurations or the Debug Configurations wizard lets you set various internationalization options affecting ABL behavior of a launch configuration. See Progress OpenEdge Application settings for information about accessing the wizard.

The following controls are available on the Culture tab:

Control Purpose Related parameter (if applicable)
Name (accessible from all tabs) (Required) Specifies the name of the launch configuration, which appears on menus and in the left pane of the Run Configurations or the Debug Configurations wizard.
Use defaults If checked, disables all other fields on this tab and causes the AVM to use the values in the startup parameter file(s) used by the configuration.  
Use OS locale If checked, causes the configuration to use Windows locale settings for numeric and date formats. Any conflicting settings elsewhere on this tab override this setting. Use OS Locale (-useOsLocale)
Language Optionally specifies the initial return value for the CURRENT-LANGUAGE function. Language (-lng)
Case table Specifies the case table used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file.  
Collation table Specifies the collation table used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file.  
Date format Specifies the date-display format used by the configuration. Date Format (-d)
Year offset Specifies the first year of the 100-year period within which two-digit year values are assumed to fall. Century Year Offset (-yy)
Fractional separator Identifies the numeric value (as specified in the selected Internal code page) for the character used as a decimal point in formatted text. Fractional Separator (-numdec)
Thousands separator Identifies the numeric value (as specified in the selected Internal code page) for the character used as a thousands separator in formatted text. Thousands Separator (-numsep)
Use 4-digit year If checked, causes the EXPORT, MESSAGE and PUT UNFORMATTED statements use four-digit values for all years. Four Digit Year Default (-yr4def)
Internal code page Specifies the Internal code page used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. Internal Code Page (-cpinternal)
Log file code page Specifies the Log File code page used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. Log File Code Page (-cplog)
R-code in code page Specifies the R-code Ocode page used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. R-code In Code Page (-cprcodein)
Terminal code page Specifies the Terminal code page used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. Terminal Code Page (-cpterm)
Stream code page Specifies the Stream ccode page used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. Stream Code Page (-cpstream)
Print code page Specifies the Print ccode page used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. Print Code Page (-cpprint)
R-code out code page Specifies the R-code Out code page used by the configuration. Available selections come from the file identified in the Conversion map file field or from the default convmap.cp file. R-code Out Code Page (-cprcodeout)
Conversion map file Optionally specifies the conversion map file (full path or path relative to the working directory) used by the configuration. The default convmap.cp file is used if this field is blank.  
Apply Saves the current launch configuration definition.
Revert Discards unsaved changes to the current launch configuration definition.
Run or Debug Runs the specified startup program or opens it in the Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge Debugger.
Close Closes the Run Configurations or the Debug Configurations wizard.