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# IDLffLangCat Properties

IDLffLangCat objects have the following properties in addition to properties inherited from any superclasses. Properties with the word “Yes” in the “Get” column of the property table can be retrieved via IDLffLangCat::GetProperty. Properties with the word “Yes” in the “Init” column of the property table can be set via IDLffLangCat::Init. Properties with the word “Yes” in the “Set” column in the property table can be set via IDLffLangCat::SetProperty.

Note: For a discussion of the property description tables shown below, see About Object Property Descriptions.

Objects of this class have the following properties.

- APP_NAME
- APP_PATH
- AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES
- DEFAULT_KEYS
- DEFAULT_LANGUAGE
- DEFAULT_N_KEYS
- FILENAME
- KEYS
- LANGUAGE
- N_KEYS
- VERBOSE

### APP_NAME

The name of one or more current applications, returned in alphabetical order.

Property Type | String or string array
Name String | not displayed
Get: Yes | Set: No | Init: Yes | Registered: No

### APP_PATH

The directory or directories searched for each given application. Each directory path must be fully qualified and unambiguous (e.g., `C:\Exelis\IDL` `xx``\lib\itools`).

Property Type | String or string array
Name String | not displayed
Get: Yes | Set: No | Init: Yes | Registered: No

### AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES

A list of all languages that exist in the input file or files. When APP_NAME is specified, this property returns all languages where the language-catalog files have the same internal application name. The languages return in alphabetical order.

Property Type | String or string array
Name String | not displayed
Get: Yes | Set: No | Init: No | Registered: No

### DEFAULT_KEYS

A list of all the currently loaded keys in the default language.

Property Type | String or string array
Name String | not displayed
Get: Yes | Set: No | Init: No | Registered: No

### DEFAULT_LANGUAGE

The current default language.

Property Type | String
Name String | not displayed
Get: Yes | Set: No | Init: Yes | Registered: No

### DEFAULT_N_KEYS

The number of currently loaded keys in the default language.

Property Type | Long
Name String | not displayed
Get: Yes | Set: No | Init: No | Registered: No

### FILENAME

The name of each currently loaded language catalog (`.cat`) file. In setting this property, each name is either a fully qualified path (e.g., `C:\Exelis\IDL` `xx``\resource\langcat`) to a location containing a file, or the name of a file in the current directory.In getting this property, it always returns the full path.

Property Type | String or string array
Name String | not displayed
Get: Yes | Set: No | Init: Yes | Registered: No

### KEYS

A list of all the currently loaded keys, returned in upper-case.

Property Type | String or string array
Name String | not displayed
Get: Yes | Set: No | Init: No | Registered: No

### LANGUAGE

The current language.

Property Type | String
Name String | not displayed
Get: Yes | Set: Yes | Init: Yes | Registered: No

### N_KEYS

The number of currently loaded keys.

Property Type | Long
Name String | not displayed
Get: Yes | Set: No | Init: No | Registered: No

### VERBOSE

The current setting of the verbose flag. If set, all catalog-loading messages will be sent to the output window. This list contains details resulting from an IDLffLangCat object initialization or modification, including the names and numbers of keys loaded, keys overwritten, and so on.

Property Type | Byte
Name String | not displayed
Get: Yes | Set: Yes | Init: Yes | Registered: No