Ciliotta, Mario wrote: > Basically is there a way to determine what the native language is and then > have the html text of the page appear in that language. I know that there > are internationalization routines in Java and i18n resources but I am unsure > how to use them correctly.
if you don't know anything about the user, except what their browser settings are & where they are coming from, you can make a good guess (>90% right): http://www.sustainablegis.com/projects/geoLocator/ that will give you their locale, etc. after that depends on how i18n your app is (which i'm guessing isn't--nobody talks about double-byte anything anymore, its unicode or nothing, better go straighten out your db encoding). for instance, using resourcebundles? in any case, displaying localized text isn't enough. there's date/numeric/currency formatting, calendars (you can have a non-gregorian calendar for japan, there are several others in popular use today), timezones (oh boy, timezones), etc. some of which aren't a concern now (say like writing system directionality, LTR vs RTL) but probably will be. as far as resources: - get ben's advanced cf book, i have a chapter in there on g11n (globalization) which should start you off on the right path. - also read: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/globalize.html - my blog, http://www.sustainablegis.com/blog/cfg11n/ the blogspot one is older version which i keep for nostalgia - pick up the i18n CFCs from http://www.sustainablegis.com/things.cfm - have a look at brian rinadi's blog, he's working his way thru the globalization jig too: http://www.remotesynthesis.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=585322C1-D610-4595-063FA82A93CBAD99 > I am using BlueDragon of the this application so I hope that there is no > difference between it and CF. there are enough, which is why i ignored this on the bluedragon list (and i'm on vacation, more or less, we're celebrating thailand's King being on the throne for 60 years since last friday). matt woodward & i are supposed to be making some of the i18n CFCs compatible w/BD but its way way way on the back burner (for me anyways, i'm sure matt lies awake at night over this). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:243203 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
