Made today the setlocale tag -- I have uploaded the code to Craig..
:-)
Max
On 24 Oct 00, at 10:53, Peter Alfors wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> Ciao tutti,
>
> I have been trying to figure out how to make the <struts:message> tag
> work for
> us (InterAge) while developing multi-language web sites. The problem is
> that we
> want to be able to manually set a language and have all the text in that
>
> language, from there on (for reasons I won't speculate about), but I
> didn't
> find a way to do it. Sure, you can specify a Locale with the "locale"
> parameter, but it's unnecessarily awkward (and inefficient) way of
> operating if
> we just need to change the language once during a session.
>
> Btw, I would really like that the "locale" parameter was
> <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue> so we could use a variable to indicate
> the
> locale to use, while now is "false".. Can this be set as a default in
> the main
> struts distribution? If not, is there a reason why? (just asking)
>
> The question is: did I miss something that could let us set the locale
> once and
> forget about the "locale" parameter in the "message" tag? If not, can I
> go on
> and create a small tag (to be of course donated to the Struts project)
> that
> simply sets the new default locale until further notice?
>
> From what I could see it is just a matter of setting an object in the
> session
> scope, retrieving the object name with the help of Action.LOCALE_KEY,
> but if
> there is some caveat it'd be great to know. Thanks guys/gals.
>
> Yep.. Just set the session Action.LOCALE_KEY attribute to what you want
> it to be.
>
> Or, you could over-ride the 'processLocale' method in the ActionServlet
> class. We use the new method to check if the 'debug' value is set in
> the web.xml. If so, then the locale is set the curent request locale.
> This allows our developers to test multiple languages 'on the fly'.
>
> Pete
>
> --
> Max
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> Hello,<i></i>
> <p><i>Ciao tutti,</i><i></i>
> <p><i>I have been trying to figure out how to make the <struts:message>
> tag work for</i>
> <br><i>us (InterAge) while developing multi-language web sites. The problem
> is that we</i>
> <br><i>want to be able to manually set a language and have all the text
> in that</i>
> <br><i>language, from there on (for reasons I won't speculate about), but
> I didn't</i>
> <br><i>find a way to do it. Sure, you can specify a Locale with the "locale"</i>
> <br><i>parameter, but it's unnecessarily awkward (and inefficient) way
> of operating if</i>
> <br><i>we just need to change the language once during a session.</i><i></i>
> <p><i>Btw, I would really like that the "locale" parameter was</i>
> <br><i><rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue> so we could use a variable
> to indicate the</i>
> <br><i>locale to use, while now is "false".. Can this be set as a default
> in the main</i>
> <br><i>struts distribution? If not, is there a reason why? (just asking)</i><i></i>
> <p><i>The question is: did I miss something that could let us set the locale
> once and</i>
> <br><i>forget about the "locale" parameter in the "message" tag? If not,
> can I go on</i>
> <br><i>and create a small tag (to be of course donated to the Struts project)
> that</i>
> <br><i>simply sets the new default locale until further notice?</i><i></i>
> <p><i>From what I could see it is just a matter of setting an object in
> the session</i>
> <br><i>scope, retrieving the object name with the help of Action.LOCALE_KEY,
> but if</i>
> <br><i>there is some caveat it'd be great to know. Thanks guys/gals.</i><i></i>
> <p>Yep.. Just set the session Action.LOCALE_KEY attribute to what you want
> it to be.<i></i>
> <p>Or, you could over-ride the 'processLocale' method in the ActionServlet
> class. We use the new method to check if the 'debug' value is set
> in the web.xml. If so, then the locale is set the curent request
> locale. This allows our developers to test multiple languages 'on
> the fly'.
> <p>Pete
> <p><i>--</i>
> <br><i>Max</i></html>
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