i never did manage to resolve the issue with the menu captions and button texts in v3.0. you might want to try experimenting with the font setting on individual menu/button control properties to see if that works as i believe the font settings in the tools > options doesn't flow through to all UI elements within the 3.0 application.
you're welcome James ;) --- In Axapta-Knowledge-Village@yahoogroups.com, "James Flavell" <djf1...@...> wrote: > > Thanks Karen once again :) > > Okay your hint about Tahoma font help solved one problem :) Now the column > headings on grids show correctly thanks a lot for that. (Reports seemed to > be okay even without Tahoma font set but I of course I have not checked in > great detail) > > But the main menu tabs and buttons still do not show Chinese. Are you saying > it is not possible to get these to show in Chinese in AX3.0? > > Thanks > James > > > > > _____ > > From: Axapta-Knowledge-Village@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:axapta-knowledge-vill...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Karen > Sent: 28 March 2009 16:46 > To: Axapta-Knowledge-Village@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Axapta-Knowledge-Village] Re: Replacing label file in AX3.0 > > > > hi James > AX3.0 uses double-byte and you will not be able to make the labels show up > proper characters on the menu items and tab captions and menu item buttons > etc, though some of the labels will be ok on the forms and as for data, you > need to set the database collation and code page in control panel > regional > settings and install the ime pack for Chinese. when running the ime, in some > cases, the input editor doesn't appear where the mouse focus is so it can be > quite annoying to the user. you will also need to change the font in the > options to use Tahoma, if i remember correctly, for your reports. after > doing all this, i believe some elements of the UI will still show traces of > gibberish. i would recommend an upgrade to 4.0 SP1 at the very least in > order for your CN application to work as designed.. > regards,Karen > > --- In Axapta-Knowledge- <mailto:Axapta-Knowledge-Village%40yahoogroups.com> > vill...@yahoogroups.com, "James Flavell" <djf1994@> wrote: > > > > Thanks Malcom > > > > I did a quick test and seem to be able to move an AX4.0 label file to > AX3.0 > > by deleting the first few characters in the ald file. > > All seems well :) > > > > BUT I realised maybe there is a major flaw in my plan :( ... because the > > Chinese label file in AX4.0 is I think unicode but I dont think AX3.0 can > > support this right? > > > > If I open the AX4.0 chinese ald file with notepad on my windows xp (which > > has the east asia fonts installed) I see chinese but when I start up AX3.0 > > with the same file its just the individual ASCII characters I see :( > > > > Is there some startup parameter for AX3.0 I need? Or is it really that > Ax4.0 > > chinese label file is no use to me? > > > > Thanks again Malcolm and everyone else for your help > > I hope I can repay it in the near future > > James > > > > _____ > > > > From: Axapta-Knowledge- > <mailto:Axapta-Knowledge-Village%40yahoogroups.com> vill...@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:Axapta-Knowledge- > <mailto:Axapta-Knowledge-Village%40yahoogroups.com> vill...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Malcolm Burtt > > Sent: 26 March 2009 21:28 > > To: Axapta-Knowledge- <mailto:Axapta-Knowledge-Village%40yahoogroups.com> > vill...@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: RE: [Axapta-Knowledge-Village] Replacing label file in AX3.0 > > > > > > > > > > It's been some time since we looked at this but I'm pretty sure that we > > exhausted all obvious and easy solutions before resorting to writing the > > export feature. > > > > From: Axapta-Knowledge- > <mailto:Axapta-Knowledge-Village%40yahoogroups.com> vill...@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:Axapta-Knowledge- > <mailto:Axapta-Knowledge-Village%40yahoogroups.com> vill...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of James Flavell > > Sent: 26 March 2009 11:54 > > To: Axapta-Knowledge- <mailto:Axapta-Knowledge-Village%40yahoogroups.com> > vill...@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: RE: [Axapta-Knowledge-Village] Replacing label file in AX3.0 > > > > Thanks Malcom > > > > I was not aware of the extra characters in the AX4.0 so thanks for that. > > Could you not just copy and paste from line 2 to the end of teh AX4.0 into > a > > AX3.0 file? > > > > Your solution to export and import is something I had not considered and I > > will for sure email you directly to follow up on that thanks > > > > Thank you very much > > > > James > > > > James Flavell > > > > CITP Singapore Pte Ltd > > > > Mobile: +65 97582281 > > > > Email: DJF@ <mailto:DJF@> COM > > > > _____ > > > > From: Axapta-Knowledge- > <mailto:Axapta-Knowledge-Village%40yahoogroups.com> vill...@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:Axapta-Knowledge- > <mailto:Axapta-Knowledge-Village%40yahoogroups.com> vill...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Malcolm Burtt > > Sent: 26 March 2009 19:35 > > To: Axapta-Knowledge- <mailto:Axapta-Knowledge-Village%40yahoogroups.com> > vill...@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: RE: [Axapta-Knowledge-Village] Replacing label file in AX3.0 > > > > Hi James > > > > I've not done much with the help files but, given the fact that the help > > format changed between versions 3 and 4 I suspect that there's no chance > > that you can back port the files between versions. > > > > You don't need to worry about the ALT file - so long as you stop all > object > > servers before you start messing with label files then the ALT file will > be > > empty. > > > > Sadly, you can't copy the AX 4 label file back to AX 3 (I've tried) as > > Microsoft have added some extra characters in at the beginning of the file > > that makes it non-portable (I even tried removing them with no joy). Have > > you thought about creating a version 3 format XPO from AX 4 containing all > > the labels instead and then importing that into version 3? You'll need to > > write some code to generate that (or email me direct as I have already > done > > this) but it's a relatively simple process and makes moving labels from AX > 4 > > to AX 3 really easy. > > > > Malcolm Burtt > > > > Touchstone Group > > > > People - Partnership - Solutions > > > > Malcolm > > > > From: Axapta-Knowledge- > <mailto:Axapta-Knowledge-Village%40yahoogroups.com> vill...@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:Axapta-Knowledge- > <mailto:Axapta-Knowledge-Village%40yahoogroups.com> vill...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of James Flavell > > Sent: 26 March 2009 02:33 > > To: Axapta-Knowledge- <mailto:Axapta-Knowledge-Village%40yahoogroups.com> > vill...@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [Axapta-Knowledge-Village] Replacing label file in AX3.0 > > > > Hi everyone > > > > I want to setup a Chinese label file and use in AX3.0 > > > > My understanding is I can take one of the existing label files that I dont > > use and put Chinese words in it and then just rename the label file to a > > spare language I have in my license > > > > Example: > > > > Copy en-us ald file > > > > Translate > > > > Rename translated ald to en-gb (en-gb is my spare language in my license) > > > > Start AX with en-gb as the language > > > > Apart from the ald is there other files that need translation? > > > > I can see there are other files but believe I do not need to do anything > to > > them: > > > > ALT - Temp labels > > > > AHD - Online Help Data File > > > > KHD - Kernel Help Data File. This one I am not sure...if this is not > > translated it means kernel errors etc will still be in English is it? > > > > ADD - Developer Help File > > > > Has anyone tried taking the AX4/2009 chinese label files and rename and > put > > in AX3.0. Is it possible? Is there a lot of rework required due to > > different label ids etc? > > > > Could the same be done for the AHD,KHD and ADD files from AX4/2009? > > > > Thanks again everyone > > > > James > > >
