System local V Regional Settings

Guys,
I understand now that the system local on a OS determines the character set used based on the language chosen.
How does this differ from regional settings are they not similiar ?
Thanks

If you are looking for the difference then here you go:
Regional options settings
The Regional
Options tab contains the following settings:
Standards and formats
These are user-specific settings and are stored as part of the user profile.
Location
This is a user-specific setting and is stored as part of the user profile.
Language settings
The Languages tab
contains the following settings:
Default input language
This is a user-specific setting and is stored as part of the user profile.
Installed services
This is a computer-wide setting.
Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/924852
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I am using SharePoint 2013 Standard edition(June CU update) and facing an issue with multi-lingual sites.
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However, when I create a site with a different locale I am encountering java-script errors which is manifesting as different errors. A few errors I can list are
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On changing the locale in regional settings everything works fine.
To confirm this issue is not with my custom web template I have tried the same thing on OOB Team site template. I created a Swedish language site and also changed my browser language to Swedish. Still the same error persists.
I have attached my regional settings for reference.
Is this a bug in SharePoint or does anybody have a workaround for this?

The issue is different. In Some of the European languages, dot(.) is represented as comma(,). If you see the HTML source, you will see the JS breaks while initializing '_spRegionalSettings' variable.
var _spRegionalSettings={adjustHijriDays:0,calendarType:1,firstDayOfWeek:0,firstWeekOfYear:0,localeId:1031,currentDateInLocalCalendar: new Date(2014, 0, 3),showWeeks:0,timeZone:'05:29:59.9999851',timeZoneInHours:5,5,workDayEnd:1020,
The regional setting values are like- key:value,key:value, ...
But... since all European countries has non-decimal time zone, we are safe. Still I am not sure if this issue can occur for some other country where decimal time zone meets dot-comma situation.

Code Page and System Local settings v regional settings

Hello All
Can someone please clarify exactly what the system local settings are. I thought they are a total of the keyboard settings, plus the decimal formats and the currency signs. However this looks to be part of the regional settings when you check in control
panel.
Also what is the significance of the code page settings. Again I cannot get a clear answer I thought these were language settings defined on the operating system. That are defined at the system level.
Many thanks

If you are looking for the difference then here you go:
Regional options settings
The Regional
Options tab contains the following settings:
Standards and formats
These are user-specific settings and are stored as part of the user profile.
Location
This is a user-specific setting and is stored as part of the user profile.
Language settings
The Languages tab
contains the following settings:
Default input language
This is a user-specific setting and is stored as part of the user profile.
Installed services
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Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/924852
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My app sends strings over VISA RS232 and GPIB instruments with floating point numbers.
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I have turned off the "Use localized decimal point" in Tools - Options - Front Panel as well as set any function (Frac/Exp String to Number) that has a "Use System Decimal Point" connector to FALSE.
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This fixed the issue I was having as long as I am in the development environment, however, once I build the application I still get the truncated numbers. Example: I send 1.234 to an instrument and it sees 1.000.
Again this works fine in the development enviroment, sending 1.234 reads 1.234 with German regional settings.
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You can use a simple function of the "Scan from string" function.
Place "%.;" (Without the quotes) in the scanning string, and this will tell LV to use a decimal point for interpretation. If you place "%,;", this will tell it to use a comma.
You can place this at the beginning of your format string, and it simply tells the parser how to work, it doesn't otherwise produce an output.
Using simply "%;" sets the seperator to the system default (maybe the best idea after the code has been run as the changed decimal point character apparently remains changed otherwise). From the LV help
The following codes control the decimal separator used for numeric output. These codes do not cause any input or output to occur. They change the decimal separator for all further inputs/outputs until the next %; is found.
%,; comma decimal separator
%.; period decimal separator
%; system default separator
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PWA site template with warning "Your Local Machine Time Zone does not match your current Sharepoint Regional Settings"

SharePoint 2010 (SP2010 SP1+ AU CU 2011) site built with Project Web Access template shows message in yellow "Your Local Machine Time Zone does not match your current Sharepoint Regional Settings."
KB Article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2749599/en-us suggests applying Windows and SharePoint updates, but does not points to a specific update. Also suggests to enable "Always follow
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Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that SharePoint 2010 (SP2010 SP1+ AU CU 2011) site built with Project Web Access template shows warning "Your Local Machine Time Zone does not match your current Sharepoint Regional Settings".
Users are getting this message even after correctly specifying and changing the timezone in their Sharepoint Settings. This is a common problem across the net, but we've found a workaround
that will eliminate this problem.
Step 1: Open your Web Database in your Browser
Step 2: Click the Arrow Under the Login ID (upper right corner)
Step 3: Choose My Settings
Step 4: Click the My Regional Settings Link
Step 5: Uncheck the 'Always Follow Web Settings' check and specify your time zone.
Step 6: Click OK
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Regional Settings on Lumia 710

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In Settings > Region & language are you scrolling off screen to reach "system locale" where English (india) is listed?
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Regional settings impact JavaScript Number conversion to String in applet

Environment:
XP, IE6 and IE7, JDK 1.6.0_13,1.6.0_10,1.6.0_7, Apache
Hi,
We recently converted our application from the MS JVM to Sun JVM 1.6 and have since had numerous problems with a user's regional setting impacting the application's behaviour.
The application is using an applet, passing JavaScript Number values to an Applet where the input argument in the Java function is declared as a String.
We have users with various regional settings, most don't impact the application, but we have found problems when the regional settings are set to "French (France)" or "German (Germany)".
With "French (France)" JavaScript Number values >=10000000 get truncated to a Java String value of just the first character.e.g. 10000000 is converted to "1", 200000000 is converted to "2".
With "German (Germany)" a trailing "0" is added to the converted String, and for values >=10000000 we get the String value with an additional 6 "0"s and then 2 additional "0"s as the input Number value is increments by each power of 10.
A simple example follows.
Any help understanding why this is happening and any coding solution would be appreciated.
The default number format for the various regional settings seems to be impacting the implicit conversion to String in LiveConnect.
We can re-code to convert the Number value to a String in the JavaScript before calling the applet, but this involves significant re-coding of the application.
We also have a workaround to verify that navigator.userLanguage returns one of the list of supported languages and exit the application if the language is unsupported.
Thanks
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Example output for test:
OK
English (United States)
Regional Settings Number format sample: 123,456,789.00
lang=en-us,javascript Number=1,Applet Java String value =(1)
lang=en-us,javascript Number=11,Applet Java String value =(11)
lang=en-us,javascript Number=111,Applet Java String value =(111)
lang=en-us,javascript Number=1111,Applet Java String value =(1111)
lang=en-us,javascript Number=11111,Applet Java String value =(11111)
lang=en-us,javascript Number=111111,Applet Java String value =(111111)
lang=en-us,javascript Number=1111111,Applet Java String value =(1111111)
lang=en-us,javascript Number=11111111,Applet Java String value =(11111111)
lang=en-us,javascript Number=111111111,Applet Java String value =(111111111)
lang=en-us,javascript Number=1111111111,Applet Java String value =(1111111111)
lang=en-us,javascript Number=11111111111,Applet Java String value =(11111111111)
NOT OK >=10000000
French (France)
Regional Settings Number format sample: 123 456 789,00
lang=fr,javascript Number=1,Applet Java String value =(1)
lang=fr,javascript Number=11,Applet Java String value =(11)
lang=fr,javascript Number=111,Applet Java String value =(111)
lang=fr,javascript Number=1111,Applet Java String value =(1111)
lang=fr,javascript Number=11111,Applet Java String value =(11111)
lang=fr,javascript Number=111111,Applet Java String value =(111111)
lang=fr,javascript Number=1111111,Applet Java String value =(1111111)
lang=fr,javascript Number=11111111,Applet Java String value =(1)
lang=fr,javascript Number=111111111,Applet Java String value =(1)
lang=fr,javascript Number=1111111111,Applet Java String value =(1)
lang=fr,javascript Number=11111111111,Applet Java String value =(1)
NOT OK
German (Germany)
Regional Settings Number format sample: 123.456.789,00
lang=de,javascript Number=1,Applet Java String value =(10)
lang=de,javascript Number=11,Applet Java String value =(110)
lang=de,javascript Number=111,Applet Java String value =(1110)
lang=de,javascript Number=1111,Applet Java String value =(11110)
lang=de,javascript Number=11111,Applet Java String value =(111110)
lang=de,javascript Number=111111,Applet Java String value =(1111110)
lang=de,javascript Number=1111111,Applet Java String value =(11111110)
lang=de,javascript Number=11111111,Applet Java String value =(111111110000000)
lang=de,javascript Number=111111111,Applet Java String value =(11111111100000000)
lang=de,javascript Number=1111111111,Applet Java String value =(1111111111000000000)
lang=de,javascript Number=11111111111,Applet Java String value =(1.1111111111E20)
Example code:
Test1.java
import java.applet.Applet;
public class Test1 extends Applet {
public void init() {
public String stringTest(String str) {
String out = "Applet Java String value =(" + str + ")";
return(out);
index.html
<html>
<body>
<APPLET CODE="Test1.class" NAME="test1" WIDTH="0" HEIGHT="0">
<PARAM NAME="scriptable" Number="true">
</APPLET>
<script type="text/javascript">
var x;
document.write("<BR>")
x = Number("1");
document.write("lang="+navigator.userLanguage +",javascript Number=" x "," + document.test1.stringTest(x)+"<BR>");
document.write("<BR>copy/paste the above 2 lines of code, adding an additional '1'<BR>");
</script>
</body>
</html>
</html>

I have found a workaround by setting the locale in the applet to a locale that does perform implicit Number to String conversion correctly.
e.g.
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try {
Locale.setDefault(Locale.US);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Failed to set Locale, Caught Exception: " + e.getMessage());
and adding this line to the java.policy to prevent "access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission user.language write)" errors.
permission java.util.PropertyPermission "user.language", "read, write";

Changing regional settings gives error

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http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/154/t/11887.aspx
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[SOLVED] Regional settings of Gnome, how to have more regions?

Hi, I'm giving Gnome a try and after installing it and changing my keyboard layout I went to change my regional settings. In the "Region and Language" part of the system settings, under "Format" there's only one region to select, United States. Clicking the + button brings a list of regions but there's only the US in there, what do I have to install to add more?
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KaoDome wrote:Hi, I'm giving Gnome a try and after installing it and changing my keyboard layout I went to change my regional settings. In the "Region and Language" part of the system settings, under "Format" there's only one region to select, United States. Clicking the + button brings a list of regions but there's only the US in there, what do I have to install to add more?
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