We focused the design on loading compiled resources in order to support complete localization -- images, sounds, sorting methods, etc., not just strings in textual .properties or .xml files. But, as you discovered, the ResourceManager lets you dynamically add ResourceBundles and populate them from any source with your own code.
Gordon Smith Adobe Flex SDK Team From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yves Riel Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [flexcoders] internationalization The only problem I have with resource modules is that they are compiled into swf. Our users require that the language files be accessible using notepad or any text editor so I cannot use Flex. A typical example would be a lexicon file where the user could add terms at any time. We had to load the file separately and push it into the resource manager. Of course we lose bandwidth but it's what our user base needs. I was just curious to see if other were doing it this way. ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Haykel BEN JEMIA Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [flexcoders] internationalization Yes, they are called resource modules! Thanks Gordon! http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/l10n_5.html#158277 Haykel Ben Jemia Allmas Web & RIA Development http://www.allmas-tn.com On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Gordon Smith <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Haykel is probably talking about loading a resource module. The resource bundles in a resource module automatically get added to the ResourceManager. Gordon Smith Adobe Flex SDK Team From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Yves Riel Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 4:16 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [flexcoders] internationalization Haykel, out of curiosity, when you load them dynamically at run-time, do you pass them to the resource bundle manager? That's what we did but I'm curious to see what other did and if there are a open source libraries that do just that. We didn't find any at the time so we had to do it all ourselves. ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Haykel BEN JEMIA Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 3:33 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] internationalization Use resource bundles. If you only have 2 or 3 languages and the resources are not heavy in size, you can simply compile them in the application, otherwise load them at runtime. Haykel Ben Jemia Allmas Web & RIA Development http://www.allmas-tn.com On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Scott <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I'm working on a project that requires multiple languages. I'm thinking I have two choices... 1) Use an XML file to change the text to different languages 2) Create a query/remote object through coldfusion to pull the different language. Are those my only options? Or should I say, what is the best way to do this? Has anyone done this or come across any articles? The articles I've found thus far deal with changing the currency/calendar/etc.. While that is something that I need to use, it's not the whole story... Thanks much. Scott
