Hello, All. 4D v13 on OS X 10.10.
Two questions: How can I get *RESOURCE TYPE LIST* and *RESOURCE LIST* called in a method residing in a component to access the resources of the host from which the method is called? Can anyone provide sample code to automate extraction of old STR# resources from existing .RSR files and writing them to XLIFF files to be placed in Resource folders of DBs upgraded and updated from v13 to v15/16? Background: I am exploring upgrading and updating old DBs currently in v13 to v15/16. One of the tasks I have encountered is replacing STR# resources previously residing in .RSR files to XLIFF files to be placed in the Resources folders of the updated Dbs. Hopefully without having to update objects that reference them within the structure. I have created a small component to extract STR# resources from v13 DBs in order to write them into XLIFF files. Its extraction method works fine when it resides within the structure of the DB to be extracted. But when called from a component it comes up empty, apparently finding no resources in the component itself. How do I direct the method in the component to extract the resources in the host when called from the host? Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thus far my testing has been limited to extracting the STR# resources with the above commands, copying and pasting them to text files, and then using the 4D Pop XLIFF Component to create a new resource file that will preserve the resource structure of the old DB, i.e. not require rewriting references within the updated DB. However, this entails copying and pasting each resource, one at a time. In his Tech Note on the subject (08-33) Jess Pina wrote: All string list resources and text resources have been moved to XLIFF files. This can be done in a few ways: 1) Programmatically, meaning, extracting the old strings by using the String List to Array command and then using the 4D XML commands to create XLIFF files. I am not familiar with the XML commands of 4d, and giving the theme a once over it does not look like a trivial task to figure out how to automate the process programmatically as Jesse Pina suggests. So any examples of such code would also be greatly appreciated. Also, can anyone provide currently active links to 4D Pop pages at 4D? My old links, i.e. http://www.4d.com/products/4dpop.html <http://www.4d.com/products/4dpop.html> go to the 404 Error Page at 4D.com <http://4d.com/>. Have these components been deprecated? Or rewritten for more recent versions? Thanks in advance for any help. Best to all from cold and sunny Santa Fe. I enjoy following your exchanges on the List and learn a lot from them. Thanks, Steven Prins Santa Fe, NM ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
