Using the new API - Error Message: “The specified language is not available in the language catalog.”

PROBLEM:

You try to start ENVI 5.1 from the IDL 8.3 workbench by typing the command:

e=envi()

and you receive the following error message:

IDL> e=envi()
% Restored file: ENVI.
% Loaded DLM: HPGRAPHICS.
% Loaded DLM: XML.
The specified language is not available in the language catalog.
The available languages are:

eng
% Loaded DLM: PNG.

 

BACKGROUND:
This message occurs depending on your local language settings, in many cases if you have for example a German operating system, you will receive this message:

“The specified language is not available in the language catalog.”

To see and to change your language settings in ENVI, follow the next steps:

 

SOLUTION:

1) Open ENVI 5.1

2) Go to File > Preferences > Settings > Localization Settings (See Screenshot)

 

3) If you have in the language field something different then eng (e.g. “deu” like in the screenshot above > change it to“eng”

4) Make sure eng is set and click OK

5) This setting requires a restart of ENVI

 

If you still receive some error messages please contact the exelivis support team: support@exelisvis.com