The best approach to follow will be easy to see if you understand how
the UI labels system works.
The basic concept of the multiple UI label property files is this: start
off with the most generic, most often used labels, then build upon that
with application-specific labels. The CommonUiLabels.xml file contains
labels common to all components. The EcommerceUiLabels.xml file contains
labels specific to the eCommerce component. Doing things this way
reduces redundancy and it allows an application to redefine labels found
in the common (or shared) label files.
If a specific label appears in more than one property file, it is
because the label is being redefined. If you find a duplicate label that
doesn't change anything, then that is probably an oversight. The label
should be removed from the application-specific property file.
If a specific label appears in more than one property file because it is
redefining a label in a shared property file, then the best thing to do
is add the missing language to the label in the application-specific
property file.
In the EcommerceYourShoppingCartEmpty label example, it probably appears
in more than one file so that there won't be an inter-application
dependency. In other words, having that label present in
OrderUiLabels.xml eliminates the need for the Order Manager component to
load/use the ECommerceUiLabels.xml file. I'm only guessing here -
sometimes it is hard to tell what the original intention was.
The bottom line is, it is better to add translations to property files
than it is to delete labels. Deleting duplicate labels makes sense at
first glance, but problems could come up if there was a specific reason
the duplication was needed.
-Adrian
Bruno Busco wrote:
2008/3/3, Adrian Crum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Bruno Busco wrote:
Hi,
while testing ecommerce application i have found that selecting the
ITalian
language, some labels are displayed still in english.
I was convinced that this was because of a missing translation but the
reason was a little different:
Some labels are defined in more than one resource file. For example
"CommonQuickAdd" is both in EcommerceUiLabels.xml and in
CommonUiLabels.xmlfiles.
But while the CommonUiLabels.xml is complete, in the
EcommerceUiLabels.xmlfile there is no italian label.
So what I think that could happen is that OFBiz tries to have an IT
string
from the EcommerceUiLabels.xml file (the first one), this is not found
and
so it falls back to what is specified in (locale.properties.fallback=en)
BEFORE checking if the IT string is present in other resource files.
I tryed to delete the incomplete <property key="CommonQuickAdd"> from
the
EcommerceUiLabels.xml and now the italian string is correctly displayed
(because no fallback).
Also defining (locale.properties.fallback=it) it works because now, even
the
CommonUiLabels.xml is looked for an italian string.
I see four options for me to solve the problem:
1) Add all italian strings to EcommerceUiLabels.xml even if they are
already
present in CommonUiLabels.xml (I don't like because of redundancy)
2) Remove all the Common*** labels from EcommerceUiLabels.xml (any
drawbacks?)
3) Change to (locale.properties.fallback=it)
#3 will generate "resource not found" errors. In effect you would be
saying "If you can't find the IT label, then fall back to the IT label."
-Adrian
OK. I have removed all Common* labels that are defined in
CommonUiLabels.xmlfile from all the other files and it seems to work
now.
But this is not enough because for instance EcommerceYourShoppingCartEmpty
label is present both in ECommerceUiLabels.xml AND in OrderUiLabels.xml.
Should I remove the occurrence of this label from OrderUiLabels.xml ?
In other words what is the naming convention to be observed?
Could I follow the rule that all the labels that starts with AppName must be
only defined in the AppNameUiLabels.xml file?
Bruno
