Associating Folders with Locales

About this task

Earlier, when you created locale folders, we mentioned that these folders are recognizable to humans, but that they have no special meaning to WorldServer. In this set of steps, you associate those folders with locales.

Procedure

  1. In the WorldServer Explorer, select the folder, wstut\en_US. On the Explorer menu, click Tools > Properties.
    The Change Properties dialog box appears.
  2. On the Change Properties dialog box, in the Locale area, select Set value explicitly for this asset.
    The alternative value, the default, is to inherit the property from the parent folder. You can selectively override the default for some properties and retain the default for other properties.
    The Value is list appears.
  3. From the Value is list, choose English (United States).

    Notice that on this same dialog box, you can override the default encoding for the locale. The default encoding is established when the locale is created in WorldServer. However, you can selectively override that setting for specific assets.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Repeat these steps for the de_DE folder, setting the locale to German (Germany).
    You have now associated folders and locales.
    If you go to Management > Asset Interface System > View and Change Properties and navigate to the directory, you can see the association in the locale column next to each folder.

    When you add files below this hierarchy, they will inherit the locale setting.