Prior to the current release of ABF, specify alternate languages in the Edit Global Constants window. Multiple sets of language-dependent constants values were stored in the database. In this release, only one set of global constants values are stored in the database, and alternate sets are stored in separate files. If you have a previous release of the database that contains multiple language values, the values are retained in the catalogs.

To convert global constants to the new format, create a file of global constants from the default set, as described in Create an Alternate Global Constants File. ABF creates a file with the global constants values separated by language, as shown in the example below. The data type is provided as a comment. You can then copy each set of values into its own global constants file.