Troubleshooting

Setup a Foreign Language

Step 1: Change the Collation on a NAV database which supports the particular language. For instance, in order to make the German language supported, Collation on the NAV SQL database must be 'Latin1_General_CS_AS'
* You can change the Collation using either NAV Client or a T-SQL script:


Checking Collation in NAV SQL Database 

Step 2: The Language for non-Unicode programs must be changed to the corresponding language. You should change the language in the 'Control Panel -> Regional Settings' on a server where NAS service is started. Also an appropriate code page must be installed:


Changing Language 

Step 3: The possibility to make some changes when using a certain language inside the NAV Client, will only present itself if all settings described earlier are applied on your local PC:


Example of Displaying the Characters of the Foreign Language in NAV 

In case of using NAV 2009 you should also change the OEMCP key in the Windows registry: