On May 19, 2008, at 12:51 PM, Marco Risaliti wrote:
I agree with David, also I didn't like to overriding the labels
between applications.
To be me clear I like to give a simple example that I didn't like:
in AccountingUiLabels.xml the label
AccountingFixedAssetMaintIntervalQuantity has the meaning "Interval
Quantity"
in AssetMaintUiLabel.xml the same label
AccountingFixedAssetMaintIntervalQuantity has the meaning "Meter
Reading"
I prefer that in this case it was :
AccountingFixedAssetMaintIntervalQuantity --> "Interval Quantity"
AssetMaintFixedAssetMaintIntervalQuantity --> "Meter Reading"
Or perhaps "AssetMaintFixedAssetMaintMeterReading" as they do mean
different things (BTW, not sure if "Meter Reading" is the best term
for whatever this is applied to, but I guess that's irrelevant for the
discussion...).
-David
I suggest that all the labels inside an xml file will be start with
the same prefix (example all the labels in OrderUiLabels will have a
Order as prefix).
If we will use this simple rules we will have more maintaneable and
reusing of existing labels between different applications.
Thanks
Marco
Il giorno 19/mag/08, alle ore 18:54, David E Jones ha scritto:
On May 19, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Adrian Crum wrote:
Jacques Le Roux wrote:
From: "Bruno Busco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I think that in order to keep things simple and maintaneable we
should avoid
that a label is overwritten in two different UiLabels files to
have a
different and more specific text.
If we do like this it will be an easy job to automatically check
for label
duplication.
+1000, I totally agree : simple is beautiful. We don't need
complexity at this level. Or someone has to explain me why...
A good example is the Asset Maintenance component - which reuses
screens from the Accounting component, but changes some
terminology so that it makes more sense to a maintenance person.
In that case, the UI labels used in the Accounting component
screens are redefined in Asset Maintenance.
This is an interesting use of label overriding, but I'm not sure I
like it... If the meaning of some text somewhere is different from
the meaning implied by the previously used label then my preference
would be to see a different label.
The labels are really meant for enabling translation and not so
much for overriding text. They can certainly be used that way, but
if it obfuscates meaning them over time it may make things more
difficult to understand and maintain.
That's just my thought though... either way I don't want to see us
paint ourselves into a corner with something like this.
-David
