# Export text strings to a Unicode text file

You can export the text strings of a single language from an application to a single tab-delimited text (*.txt) file in Unicode format. In the exported text file, the strings can be translated into another language.

## To export text strings in an application to a Unicode text file

1. In the Language Configuration dialog box, select the language to be exported and click Export.
2. In the Export Operation dialog box, select Export strings for <RFC1766 Name> to one or more Unicode text files.
3. Select a destination for the exported text strings.

   Tip: | The default name for an exported Unicode text file is: <application name>_<server name>_<RFC1766 identifier>.txt For example, Brewery_Brewery_en_US.txt. If you specified that undefined strings will be shown in the default language, when you export strings to a Unicode file, the default language strings will be exported for undefined strings. If you didn't specify that undefined strings will be shown in the default language, an undefined string will be exported to the Unicode text file as a single question mark (?). If the question mark is not replaced with a text string during the translation process, the question mark will be imported into the application. If your application includes a password button, when exporting to a Unicode file, text descriptions and error messages for the Change Password dialog box are also exported. However, these strings do not switch languages at run time.

## See also

Prepare an application for language switching

Show undefined text in the default language

Export Operation dialog box

Export text strings to an Excel spreadsheet

Select a destination for the exported text strings