I agree with Glen on the stringpanel part.
I've done a big project in the past with multilanguage games.. stringpanel
is a good start.. although if you want to give the user the possibility to
select the language at runtime you had to code that yourself into the
panel.. (that was made back in flash 7 though.. might be in there right now)
..
Translating it on forhand isn't always an option.. somtimes the product gets
popular and a new country/language is added..
The way we did it is to keep space for larger languages in the design.. and
if it isn't possible to translate it shorter.. it will always be a pain in
the @ss.. but there should be a balance to keep the designer/design happy
and the translations/translators good..
We made an extra panel to add character sets to all textfields on the press
of a button.. this way it is easier to add a new character set.
Hope this helps..
With kind regards,
Dennis
Isioux
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From: "Glen Pike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Flash Coders List" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] MultiLanguage
Hi,
Look at using the "Strings Panel" - it's in FL8, probably in CS3. This
lets you attach an ID to all your text fields, etc. and define languages
in XML. The help has more in depth stuff about this, but that is a good
start.
You may also want to ensure all your translation is done before the
designer starts, otherwise they might start getting stressed when you ask
them to resize a button for German, etc.
Glen
Geografiek wrote:
Hi Dave,
I would ask the designer to put all the text in dynamic textFields (and
fill them w3ith dummy text).
You can than adress these TextFields and fill them with text from a
database at runtime, depending on a 'language' flag.
HTH,
Willem van den Goorbergh
Op 21-jan-2008, om 13:26 heeft Dave Mennenoh het volgende geschreven:
I may be doing an app that has to be deployed in various languages, and
I'm trying to find a good method of doing it. I guess my main issue is
that the interface is Flash, and would be created by a designer. Content
is pretty much all external, but things like button text, tool tip text,
etc. are put in place by the designer.
I'd thought of just making different interface 'shells' for the various
languages, but that'd be more difficult to maintain. What'd be perfect
is language plugins but then I'm not quite sure on how to handle sizing
problems - especially with certain languages like chinese.
Just looking for some guidance.
Dave -
Head Developer
http://www.blurredistinction.com
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