Hi Reggie, Could you publish the solution?
Thanks Sebastian On 10/03/09 12:47, "Reggie" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Never mind, I figured it out. Once again, thanks very much for your > help, it is much appreciated! > > On Mar 10, 11:15 am, Reggie <[email protected]> wrote: >> Last quick question, how would I be able pick up the required language >> pair dynamically/ Do I have to generate the javascript dynamically >> after a postback? >> >> On Mar 10, 10:39 am, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> How you would do this will depend very much on the nature of your >>> page, the number of fields you're wanting to translate, and a number >>> of other factors. The simplest way, of course, would be to loop >>> through the fields you want to translate, generating what's called a >>> function closure for each one so that it will be able to find itself >>> back when the translation returns. For instance: >> >>> var fields=document.getElementsByTagName('input'); >>> var srcLang=''; // leave blank to auto-detect >>> var desLang='en'; // change to whatever you want it to go to >> >>> var myClosure=function(field){ // here is the closure, a function that >>> returns a function >>> return function(response){ >>> if(!response.error){ >>> field.value=response.translation >>> } >>> } >> >>> } >> >>> for(var i=0;i<fields.length;i++){ >> >>> google >>> .language >>> .translate(fields[i].value,srcLang,desLang,myClosure(fields[i])); >> >>> } >> >>> If there is a large number of small fields, though, it may be better >>> performance-wise to combine them into groups that are separated out by >>> xml or some other markup that your script will be able to parse out >>> when the translation returns. The key here will be that, when using >>> the JSAPI, you will be using the GET method, and Google limits URL >>> lengths - which is how parameters are passed with the GET method - to >>> no more than 2,000 characters, including encoded characters and such. >> >>> Jeremy R. Geerdes >>> Effective website design & development >>> Des Moines, IA >> >>> For more information or a project >>> quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.comhttp://jgeerdes.blogspot.comhttp://jgee. >>> .. >>> [email protected] >> >>> Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this >>> communication are given in US dollars. >> >>> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights >>> Wesleyan Church! >> >>> And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, >>> athttp://jgeerdes.blogspot.com >>> ! >> >>> On Mar 10, 2009, at 5:13 AM, Reggie wrote: >> >>>> hi all, loving the language api. I am having a problem figuring out >>>> how I can dynamically translate all text fields on a web page when the >>>> page loads, can anyone help? > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
