Start/notes.ini Parameters/CountryLanguage

CountryLanguage

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Parameter: CountryLanguage
Short description: Language and country code (locale) setting of the Notes client – controls date, number, and sort formats as well as language detection.

Profile

Parameter
CountryLanguage
Category
Client configuration
Component
Client
Available since
9.0.1
Supported versions
9.0.1, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 14.0, 14.5, 14.5.1
GUI equivalent
Notes Client Preferences → International
Possible values
Locale code such as de_DE, en_US, fr_FR, es_ES

Description

CountryLanguage sets the locale that the Notes client uses for localization – i.e. date format, thousands and decimal separators, sort order, and the language for help texts and language detection in spell-check and search indexes. The value is taken from the operating system at Notes client setup, but can be explicitly overridden via notes.ini.
If the value is not set, Notes falls back to the OS locale. For consistent behavior in heterogeneous environments (e.g. international teams with Notes IDs from different regions), an explicit entry is worthwhile.

Example configuration

CountryLanguage=de_DE

Notes & pitfalls

  • Format <language>_<country> (ISO 639-1 + ISO 3166-1).
  • Does not affect the UI language of the Notes client – that is determined by the installed language pack.
  • Spell-check dictionaries must be installed separately.
  • For roaming profiles with different locales, templates and view sortings should be prepared multilingually.
  • Takes effect after a Notes client restart.