Step 7 (Optional): Localize the BDC Model File (Metadata.bdcm)

This step shows how to localize custom items in the BDC model file and contains a list of locale ID values that are supported in the BDC model file.

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

Usually, the values in the BDC model file (metadata.bdcm) do not appear in the user interface. But in some cases, you might have to localize this file to show some customized items in localized languages, such as the customized Outlook form column name.

Localizing the BDC Model

Localizing the BDC model file is different from localizing other XML files in the declarative Outlook solution. The BDC model schema enables you to add localized strings as additional XML nodes, as shown in the following example.

<LocalizedDisplayNames>
     <LocalizedDisplayName LCID="LCID value">Localized string</LocalizedDisplayName>
</LocalizedDisplayNames>

You can include all supported languages in the same BDC model file, so that the display names for those BDC entities will change according to the Office language settings. The following example shows how to include three languages in the BDC model file.

<LocalizedDisplayNames>
     <LocalizedDisplayName LCID="LCID value1">Localized string1</LocalizedDisplayName>
     <LocalizedDisplayName LCID="LCID value2">Localized string2</LocalizedDisplayName>
     <LocalizedDisplayName LCID="LCID value3">Localized string3</LocalizedDisplayName>
</LocalizedDisplayNames>

For a list of locale ID values to use for the LCID attribute, see Table 1 later in this topic. For more information about LCIDs, see What is the LCID.

The BDC model schema enables you to add the LocalizedDisplayNames nodes as child nodes under different BDC entities, as shown in Figure 1. The nodes labeled Loc Node in the diagram represent the LocalizedDisplayNames nodes. For more information about the BDC model schema, see BDCMetadata Schema. For more information about the BDC model file, see Step 1: Create the BDC Model (Metadata.bdcm).

Figure 1. LocalizedDisplayName nodes in the BDC model

Table 1 lists the locale ID values that you can use in the BDC model file.

Table 1. Language Locale ID (LCID) values

Language	LCID
Arabic	1025
Portuguese (Brazil)	1046
Bulgarian	1026
Croatian	1050
Czech	1029
Danish	1030
Dutch	1043
English	1033
Estonian	1061
European Portuguese	2070
Finnish	1035
French	1036
German	1031
Greek	1032
Hebrew	1037
Hindi-India	1081
Hungarian	1038
Italian	1040
Japanese	1041
Kazakh	1087
Korean	1042
Latvian	1062
Lithuanian	1063
Norwegian	1044
Polish	1045
Romanian	1048
Russian	1049
Serbian Latin	2074
Simplified Chinese	2052
Slovak	1051
Slovenian	1060
Spanish	1034
Swedish	1053
Thai	1054
Traditional Chinese	1028
Turkish	1055
Ukrainian - Ukraine	1058

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