OK, I really could use a bit of help here. I've been scrolling the Scripting
manual, and also the manual for the toolkit. I think I am on the right track,
but really can't see how to achieve my goal.
First of all, though, let me just point out, there seems to be a typo in the
GWToolkit helpfile. Under SelectLanguage, it gives the following example:
Set langDialog = SharedObjects("com.GWMicro.GWToolkit.MessageBox").NewDialog
langDialog.XMLFile = "gwtoolkit.xml"
langDialog.Show
Hmm, shouldn't the "MessageBox" rather be "SelectLanguage"? At least, when I
changed it to be, I can get the listbox of available languages to show up. So,
my code looks like this:
Set langDialog = SharedObjects("com.GWMicro.GWToolkit.SelectLanguage").NewDialog
langDialog.XMLFile = "MyApp.xml"
langDialog.Show
So far, things look OK. And, if I change the last line to read:
Speak LangDialog.Show
, it does speak out the chosen language, when I am done with the selection.
I.e, it would say "English US".
Good. Now only, is to use this 'result' for something. I then browsed the
Scripting manual, and found the
ClientInformation.UILanguage
instruction. Thinking that I could use that one for something, I tried:
ClientInformation.UILanguage = LangDialog.Show
, but am met with an error on that line.
So GW, or whoever, what do I do, so as to actually apply the chosen language
from the LangDialog.Show instruction, so that this chosen language will become
the active UI language for the app?
Thanks for any feedback here. Maybe I am loosing a main point, or could it be
that I am totally off-track?
----- Original Message -----
From: David
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:43 PM
Subject: User User controlled Interface Language
OK, so the scenario is this:
My app has an XML file. In here, there is an US English section, and a local
translation. Later on, we might get more translations added on.
I have currently, set the XML up with a language order - WE,os,en-us - which
would be the standard of the app.
What I want, is to offer the end-user a way of choosing his interface
language, no matter which localized/international version of the OS or WE he is
running. I do understand, I would have to somehow gather the info, as to which
languages are available in the XML file. Then, I guess, drop this into a
listbox, and let the user make his choice.
Two questions araise:
1. Exactly what would be the water-proof way of collecting info as to which
languages are available?
2. If now, the user chooses a language, is there an instruction I could give
to the app, so as to have it change the language for the interface? Or, will I
have to write a somehow lengthy routine to modify the XML file, to accomplish
such user controlled language switching?
Thanks for your advice!
