Show adobe form in different languages

Hi all,
I have a Web Dynpro Application which holds an Interactive Form. This form is translated into several languages.
Is there any way to indicate the WDA application which language has to use to open the Adobe Form?
The user would have the option to choose the language first.
I know we can do this by changing the whole WDA application language, but I do not like this because I want to keep application in user language.
Thank you very much.
Nacho.

I have not tried this at my end but see if it gives you some direction.
For Eg: I am assuming you have a WD application and a form embedded in it with Two fields say TextField1 and DateTimeField1
1. Instead of using Default Locale, choose Viewers System Locale for the top level subform. This will ensure the data is displayed as per the locale of the user.
This will only give the values as per Viewer locale, however the Caption still will show as default one. To dynamically change the caption as per the langauge ie. it should be Date in English and Datei German follow below steps.
2. Goto Tools -> Options -> Data Binding -> Enable the Show Dynamic Properties checkbox. This will ensure that the Caption property of the form fields can be binded to a context.
3. Provide a drop-down in your WD application outside the form and maintain list of all texts.
4. Create the necessary contexts such as TextFieldCaption, DateTimeFieldCaption in your WD and now set the values accordingly.
Here is pseudo code in JAVA, you can write the same in ABAP in WD
if(drop-down value == "EN")
wdContext.currentContextElement.setTextFieldCaption("Hello");
wdContext.currentContextElement.setDateTimeFieldCaption("Date");
else if (drop-down value == "DE")
wdContext.currentContextElement.setTextFieldCaption("Hello1");
wdContext.currentContextElement.setDateTimeFieldCaption("Datei");
4. Bind the caption property of the Fields the the WD contexts.
Now when you select the language hopefully you should be able to get the desired output.
Chintan

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