Thanks. It's not a matter of urgency.
I could also imagine passing a globalSettings.localeChanged flag to buildTitle.
It might be a nice addition to add a getStringWithSubstitution to
ResourceManager, that took a ..rest parameter and called
StringUtil.substitute() on the retrieved string.
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Gordon Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In that case, I don't think the binding expression will re-evaluate when the
> localeChain changes. It may be easiest to override resourcesChanged(). But
> you could also try doing some extra work to get the binding expression to
> re-evaluate. Try putting [Bindable("change")] metadata on your declaration
> of the buildTitle() method, and arrange for the class buildTitle() is in to
> redispatch the ResourceManager's "change" events.
>
>
>
> Gordon Smith
>
> Adobe Flex SDK Team
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Richard Rodseth
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 3:03 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] internationalization @ switching runtime
>
>
>
> No, no, I am definitely using the ResourceManager. But the expression
> is something like
>
> text="{buildTitle(someParameter)}"
>
> And buildTitle calls static function getUIString which calls
> getResourceManager followed by some string substitution.
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Gordon Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If you're not using MXML databinding to write code like
>>
>>
>>
>> <Button id="b" label="{resourceManager.getString(...)}"/>
>>
>>
>>
>> then you can override the resourcesChanged() method and reassign the new
>> string, as in
>>
>>
>>
>> b.label = resourceManager.getString(...);
>>
>>
>>
>> The ResourceManager works with resources in ResourceBundles, which
>> normally
>> get compiled from .properties files. Are you loading .properties files at
>> runtime and parsing them yourself to get keys and values? In that case,
>> you
>> can create new instances of ResourceBundle at runtime, put your resources
>> into them, and install them into the ResourceManager like this:
>>
>>
>>
>> var rb:ResourceBundle = new ResourceBundle(locale, bundleName);
>>
>> rb.content[key1] = value1;
>>
>> rb.content[key2] = value2;
>>
>> ...
>>
>> resourceManager.addResourceBundle(rb);
>>
>>
>>
>> Gordon Smith
>>
>> Adobe Flex SDK Team
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>> Behalf Of Richard Rodseth
>> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 2:37 PM
>> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] internationalization @ switching runtime
>>
>>
>>
>> Gordon,
>>
>> Forgive me (or ignore this) if it's in the docs.
>>
>> Does this assume that the ResourceManager.getString call is in the
>> binding expression?
>> Currently I have some static utilities that load strings like "Hello,
>> {0}" from properties files and then do parameter substitution. I've
>> been wondering how that would work out in a runtime locale switching
>> scenario.
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Gordon Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> You want to learn about the ResourceManager class in Flex 3. It allows
>>> you
>>> to simply change its localeChain property at runtime and have the entire
>>> application redraw in a new language.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gordon Smith
>>>
>>> Adobe Flex SDK Team
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>>> Behalf Of artur_desig2dev
>>> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 6:12 AM
>>> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
>>> Subject: [flexcoders] internationalization @ switching runtime
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> forgive my newbie question..
>>>
>>> just wanted to find out the best practice on this to date.
>>> on how to change all the components' language at runtime.
>>>
>>> i found 2 methods of doing this:
>>>
>>> http://flexme.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/internationalization-in-flex/
>>>
>>> http://www.herrodius.com/blog/123
>>> http://flexme.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/internationalization-in-flex/
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
