Re: Native Language Dialogue boxes.

[Johan Vromans]

Steve Cookson <steve.cook...@sca-uk.com> writes:

> Most of you must use wxPerl in some other language than English.

I do...

> My native language is English, but I'm developing in Portuguese. When
> I switch the system language to Portuguese, some things switch (eg the
> days of the week in date-picker).  But others like help or any of the
> native dialogues remain in English.  What do I need to do?

I think this should do the trick:

    use Wx qw(wxLANGUAGE_DEFAULT wxLOCALE_LOAD_DEFAULT);
    my $local = Wx::Locale->new(wxLOCALE_LOAD_DEFAULT, wxLOCALE_LOAD_DEFAULT );
    $local->AddCatalog("app"); # replace with the appropriate catalog name

Assuming:

    use Wx::Locale gettext => '_T';

You can do thinks like:

    $self->SetTitle(_T("dialog_1"));

Stock buttons should be translated automatically, provided you use

    # Translated button text plus button icon
    $self->{button} = Wx::Button->new($self, wxID_CANCEL, "");

and not

    # Untranslated button text, no button icon
    $self->{button} = Wx::Button->new($self, wxID_CANCEL, "Cancel");

or

    # Translated button text, no button icon
    $self->{button} = Wx::Button->new($self, wxID_CANCEL, _T("Cancel"));

HTH,

-- Johan