[Gambas-user] Applying translation to a running application

[M0E Lnx]

What I meant was, since you said the ob jects need to be destroyed and
then re-created for the translation to be picked up..

How do I destroy the objects and create them again? I tried closing
the form and opening it again, but that comes up with all kinds of
errors at runtime.


On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 6:28 AM, Benoit Minisini
<gambas at ...1...> wrote:
> On mercredi 24 septembre 2008, Charlie Reinl wrote:
>> Am Dienstag, den 23.09.2008, 22:54 +0200 schrieb Benoit Minisini:
>> > On mardi 23 septembre 2008, Charlie Reinl wrote:
>> > > Am Dienstag, den 23.09.2008, 12:43 -0500 schrieb M0E Lnx:
>> > > > Can anyone think of a way to apply a translation to an application
>> > > > that's already running?
>> > > >
>> > > > An example would be a wizard that starts out in English, and at the
>> > > > first step offers the user to choose their language.
>> > > > After the user selects his/her language, the rest of the application
>> > > > get translated to the selected language.
>> > > >
>> > > > I'm not talking about creating the translations... I already know how
>> > > > to do that... This is assuming there is a translated version for the
>> > > > listed languages.
>> > > >
>> > > > Anybody?
>> > >
>> > > Salut,
>> > >
>> > > one way is, all text to show, is stored in a Databasetable, only the
>> > > text which is used before the DB is connected,is burned in, and in
>> > > english.
>> > >
>> > > Here a simple form of that Table:
>> > >   lang            is GB,FR,DE or so
>> > >   token           is an unique token-key
>> > >   text            is the text in the language, fix by lang
>> > >
>> > > So in Form_Open or so you m ake :
>> > >
>> > > PUBLIC SUB Form_Open()
>> > > DIM rTest AS Result
>> > > rTest = meConn.Handle.Find("tblLang", "token = &1 and lang = &2",
>> > > "Label1",myLang)
>> > >         Label1.Text = rTest!Text
>> > > rTest = meConn.Handle.Find("tblLang", "token = &1 and lang = &2",
>> > > "Label2",myLang)
>> > >         Label2.Text = rTest!Text
>> > > ...... and so on .....
>> > > END
>> > >
>> > >  Do not forget all other texts use in messages, printouts and so on.
>> >
>> > My god... You have a Windows background, don't you? :-)
>> >
>> > Gambas has an integrated translation system based on the standard GNU
>> > tools. No need to reinvent the wheel there.
>> >
>> > Anyway, here is a little demo of how to change the application language
>> > at runtime:
>> >
>> > PUBLIC SUB Main()
>> >
>> >   DIM sLang AS String
>> >
>> >   DO
>> >     PRINT "Enter language code (fr, es, en...): ";
>> >     LINE INPUT sLang
>> >     System.Language = sLang
>> >     PRINT ("Hello")
>> >   LOOP
>> >
>> > END
>> >
>> > Of course, you must translate the "Hello" string in the IDE to see it
>> > translated!
>> >
>> > Beware that strings are not translated "on the fly". If a form is opened,
>> > you must destroy it and recreate it to see the new translations. In other
>> > words, strings are translated when they are used.
>>
>> Yes I know that gambas uses gettext.
>> But I don't like, that we have to recompile after changes made
>> in *.po files.
>>
>
> The IDE does everything for you, you don't see that.
>
> --
> Benoit Minisini
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge
> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes
> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world
> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/
> _______________________________________________
> Gambas-user mailing list
> Gambas-user at lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
>