Optaining user language in a catalog script with g_user?

[jesusemelendezm]

Hi, I need to display a msg if user language is "English". I am working with Var loginLanguage = g_user.getClientData("loginlanguage"); but the language value is undefined? my current language is English. Any help is appreciated.

[Jim Coyne]

OK, good.

[jamesmcwhinney]

Would you happen to know what the equivalent is for client side scripting in the mobile UI ?

g_lang doesn't seem to work there =o(

[Jim Coyne]

No, sorry, I do not.   Would have to dig around.   I wonder if CapaJC might know?

[CapaJC]

I had a look, and as far as I can tell, the mobile UI doesn't currently have a global variable that will give you that information. g_form and g_user exist, but neither will give you the user's language that I could tell.

[Jim Coyne]

The best workaround I could come up with is to create a "Display" Business Rule on whatever table you need it on with the following code to add the language to the scratchpad:

(function(){
   g_scratchpad.u_language = gs.getUser().getLanguage();
})();

You can then use "g_scratchpad.u_language" in a Client Script.   Works with both the Desktop and Mobile UIs.

I was trying to use Session Client Data, but that was not even working in the full Desktop UI for some reason.