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Multilanguage scripts - how to? by ketchup_blade on 12-06-2006 at 03:18 PM
Hello,
well I got my first script ready, which is really cool (yé!). However, currently the script is only in english (that's a start). This is kind of sad, since I also speak french and would like to offer the script on both languages.
In the scripting doc, there is no mention about doing multi-language scripts. One solution that I thought was to dynamically change the text of the window's labels based on the current user's Messenger language. However, looking at the doc, I could not find a "Language" property that could let me know which favorite language the user currently have set.
Anyone have a solution, other than recompiling the same script and updating the text in the windows? I kind of dislike having to maintain two versions of the same code. Resources files, anyone?
Patchou: how about adding a ".MyLanguage" to the Messenger object?
kb
RE: Multilanguage scripts - how to? by Ezra on 12-06-2006 at 03:26 PM
You can check the current MsgPlus language in the registry
RE: Multilanguage scripts - how to? by Matti on 12-06-2006 at 03:47 PM
To make your script multilingual, it takes a lot of work. Screenshot Sender 4 is a good example: it makes an object "Language" which contains arrays for every translation section. So, if you would have a file called "English.ini" with the following content:
code:the script could create an object from the file and then you can get the string with something like this:
[Messages]
Alert=Warning! This script is available in lots of languages!
code:
Debug.Trace(Language.Messages["Alert"]);
I suggest you to install the SS4 script and take a look at the code. As for static texts which can't be changed using a function, (like a Help attribute) the script has a function which can re-write the interface XML file and replace the content of the elements by the strings from the .ini-file.
RE: Multilanguage scripts - how to? by Spunky on 12-06-2006 at 03:50 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Ezra
You can check the current MsgPlus language in the registry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Patchou\Messenger Plus! Live\LanguageFile
EDIT: Attached Example Language File. This reads information from the specified file and returns it.
Usage:
read(<language file path>,"Messages","Alert");
would return "Warning! This script is available in lots of languages!" in Mattike's Case.
Use this in:
PlusWnd.SetControlText("<control name>",read(<language file path>,"Messages","Alert"))
RE: Multilanguage scripts - how to? by Matti on 12-06-2006 at 04:24 PM
But in your case, the script would have to read the text file every time it needs a string from the file, which is in most cases a lot. Therefore, it's better to load everything into an object/array and get the strings from there.