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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user