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Re: how to Internationalize my app? [message #3350 is a reply to message #3349]

Sun, 21 May 2006 12:22

mirek
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forlano wrote on Sun, 21 May 2006 05:35

luzr wrote on Sun, 21 May 2006 10:00

forlano wrote on Sun, 21 May 2006 03:13

#define TFILE <CtrlLib/CtrlLib.t>
#include <Core/t.h>
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Sorry for confusing you, TFILE here is just an example (copied straight from CtrlLib package), it should point to your .t (inside your package).

Mirek

OK, now it works Smile

, but there is still a new problem that I didn't expect. The following translation works:

T_("{{1@5 [@9= This is the]::@2 [A5@0 Ultimate`+`+ Hello world sample}}")
itIT("{{1@5 [@9= Questa e' l'esempio]::@2 [A5@0 di Ultimate`+`+ Hello world}}")

But I've used a workround to let it to work. In fact instead of "e'" I should use "�" ('e' with accent all in one character). But this produces the following message:
"ERROR: invalid UTF-8 sequence..."
Is this normal?

In order to change all the interface message at the start of the application I guess I need to save the selected language change in a configuration file.

Last consideration. In this way the message.t file is compiled and the user has not the possibility to change the translation if it has not the source code of the application. I wonder if in U++ there is a smart way to distribute the application with some message file that the user can modify as it likes. For example he can fill all the ruRU translation without to bother me asking a new compilation. This file should be loaded by the application when it starts. I've done it for my old app, but with t_(...) his manteinance should be greatly simplified.

Luigi

Is your .t file in UTF-8? It MUST be!

To change encoding of file, go to "Project/File properties". Alternatively, you can do that in package organizer, even for the whole package.

As for modifying message files, yes - that is that commandline thing decribed in Internationalization topic. Plus, you can import it back to TheIDE and place strings to .t files using "Project/Import runtime translation files".

Mirek

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