Configure Multi Language Applications in VDI by Using Filters in Login AM 2012

by Login VSI on August 24, 2012 Posted in Login AM

A multi lingual user environment is in many companies a requirement nowadays. Many vendors provide multi language versions of their applications, but the configuration itself might be different depending on the application itself. So why not show you how easy it is to configure the Multilanguage version of “Adobe Acrobat Reader X” by using filters in Login AM for Hosted Desktops 2012. You can easily adopt this functionality to other applications without the need of scripting.

If you install the MUI version of Adobe Acrobat Reader X the user will be prompted to choose a language the first time the application starts. This dialog itself is not a big hurdle but I have seen some users which were confused about it. You can easily preconfigure it using the User Environment component of Login AM for Hosted Desktops 2012.

adobe reader language dialog

Adobe Reader language dialog

At first you need to get familiar with the application itself

The language specific settings are stored in the users registry key “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\10.0\Language”. I created registry exports of this key for several languages (Czech, English, Dutch, German and French).

Implement it into Login AM

In Longin AM it is very easy to import registry exports to the user environment using the RegImport ActionItem in the User\Logon phase. The only thing you have to think about is to create a rule which applies to a user with a specific language.

Figure out the correct filter

For almost every item a filter option available in Login AM. We have a lot of preconfigured filters available (see table filters), so I used the UILang (User Interface Language) filter which covers my rule best. The UILang filter will return true if the corresponding locale ID (LCID) is matched. That means only Registry files for that specific language will be imported. In case I missed a language, nothing will be imported and the user will be prompted with the “choose language dialog”.

Login AM - Apply filters

General information on filters

Available filters in Login AM:


DayOfWeek	Check on a specific Day	DayOfWeek='Monday \| Tuesday \| Wednesday \| Thursday \| Friday \| Saturday \| Sunday'
EnvVar	Check for an environment variable	EnvVar='Systemroot:wind'
FileExist	Check if a file or folder exists	FileExist='%homedrive%\exmaple\test.txt'
Hostname	Test for a specific hostname	Hostname='SRV0*'
IPAddress	Test for a specific IP address or Range	IPAddress='192.168.*'
IsInADSite	Check for an Active Directory site	IsInADSite='Default-First-Site-Name'
IsInOU	Check for a specific Organization Unit in AD.	IsInOU='%computername%:ou=Servers'
MemberOf	Check for group membership	MemberOf='*\Domain Users'
OddEven	Check if hostname ends with an even or odd number	OddEven='Odd \| Even'
OSArch	Check on Operating System architecture	OSArch='x64 \| x86'
OSLang	Check on Operating System language	OSLang='1033'
OSVersion	Check on Operating System version	OSVersion='6.*'
RegkeyExist	Test if a registry key exists	RegkeyExist='HKLM:Software\Microsoft'
RegValExis	Test if a registry value exists	RegValExist='HKLM:Software\Microsoft:License'
Role	Test for a server role (AM specific variable)	Role='XenApp'
ServiceStartMode	Check start mode of a service	ServiceStartMode='spooler:boot\|system\|auto\|demand\| disabled\|delayed-auto'
ServiceStatus	Check the current status of a service	ServiceStatus='spooler:running\|stopped\|paused'
SPVersion	Check on Operating System service pack	SPVersion='2'
UILang	Test on User Interface language	UILang='1033'
UserName	Check for a specific user name	UserName='JohnDo*'