Here's my link to TAOO's language GUI manager article I just put up! http://www.monsieurx.com/tiki/tiki-view_articles.php
It's 4 scripts long, but there's far more in a new stack im building for the purpose of GUI language translations. While the real "dialog" version is not there yet, there is already a few 1000 expressions in more than 20 languages ready to be used. cheers Xavier > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Rob Cozens > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:20 PM > To: How to use Revolution > Subject: Re: Multilingual dialogues > > David, > > >Had a go with the Profile Manager - but not managed to get > it to work > >reliably > > The problem I have with using the Profile Manager is, AFAIK, > there is no way for the user to add a new profile at runtime; > so you're stuck with the languages set up when the app ships. > Updating menu & menuItem names, tool tips, dialog prompts, > error messages, etc. from a file, local or global variable > allows your app to be user-translatable -- not limited to > support for built in languages. > > BTW, I use icons with translatable tool tips in place of > label text fields. I think it gives my apps a more > international feel. > > Also, it's fairly simple to design a translation stack that > opens a text file, displays the contents one line at a time > above an empty field where the translator can type the text > in another language, and saves the completed translation in a > new file. This is much friendlier than telling the user, > "Use you text editor to translate the language file" me thinks. > > You might check out how Serendipity Library does it > (including the translation substack) > <http://wecode.org/serendipity/>. To do so: > > * Download sdbTools.rev and place it in the Revolution PlugIn folder > * Download Serendipity_Library.rev and place it in the folder > you use for Revolution development & testing > * Download Serendipity_Library.sga, and expand the archive > using sdbTools' "Expand a Folder" menuItem under "File" > * See the Read Me stacks in the archive folder > > Rob Cozens CCW > Serendipity Software Company > > "And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; > Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee." > > from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631) > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
