Here's a bit from the English language file: // Account Activation L_Activation_Action = "Activate"; L_Activation_Description = "To activate your account, please enter your Email Address and Activation Code below."; L_Activation_Complete = "Account Activation Complete"; L_Activation_Link ="If you cut and pasted or copied the link from your Activation email, check to be sure the entire link was used."; L_Activation_Already = "This User has already been activated."; L_Activation_Proceed = "You may now post messages.";
Now, in the application, wherever I would put "Account Activation Complete" for example, instead, I put #L_Activate_Complete#... Now that you mention it, it may be simpler (in terms of naming, etc.) to put them into a structure... Hmm... > If you put the strings into a file, how where you able to load them into a > variable (i'm guessing a structure) inside your program. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 8:28 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Multi language support. > > > The direction I'm taking with SMB (simplemessageboard.com) is to move all > the displayed strings into variables that reside in a single "language" > file, like english.lang. > > Using CFPARAM you can then establish a default language and > use a url variable to change language on the fly that you then make sticky > with a cookie. > > It's simple and makes translating easy and portable. > > > I am looking into solutions (use of XML or any) for > > changing the application (built in cf)(such as > > shopping cart,Catalog) to support multiple languages. > > Our management do not prefer any content management > > solutions. but we are planning to build our own. > > Your help is appreciated. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
