Changing the language of the event log

If you prefer to use a different language in the Event.log from the one used by your computer at the time you installed FileMaker Server, you can modify a preferences file on the primary machine.

In the steps below, you can change the locale setting to the name of one of the following supported languages exactly as shown here: English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, or Spanish. (Locale names are case sensitive.)

Note  For Linux, changing the language for the event log is not currently supported.

To change the language used for the Event.log (macOS, Windows):

Important  You must be logged in with an account that has administrator privileges.

  1. Stop the Database Server. See Starting or stopping FileMaker Server components.

  2. Navigate to the dbs_config.xml file in the following location:

    [FileMaker Server directory]/Data/Preferences

  3. In the line containing name="SystemLocale", change the name of the locale to one of the supported languages.

    For example, to change the language from Japanese to French, change <key name="SystemLocale" type="string">Japanese</key> to <key name="SystemLocale" type="string">French</key>.

  4. Save your changes.

  5. Restart the Database Server for the change to take effect.

    The next time you open Event.log, the entries will appear in the new language.

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