Do you also want to have it in other languages (German)?
Thanks Jotha and Fillippo for the feedback.
I don't think language support would be hard to put in. I would need to make a language file for the text that is displayed. I've uploaded the latest code (.25.1) if you want to help out with that.
[note: corrected previous version .26.1 to .25.1]
Last edited by digitaldon37 : 11-20-2008 at 08:42 PM.
In my programs I use simple text files. I have a language index, depending on the selected language, and load the right file.
The file content is loaded into a Text array and in the program I use these varaibles with their index instead of direct text like.
Label1.Text = text(11) instead of
Label1.Text = "File:"
In the text files the 11th entry is for example "File:", "Fichier:" "Datei:" and so on depending on the language.
The possible languages are predefined and if the file for the given language does exist, the choose is enabled or disabled. To add a new language file the user can translate one of the existing files and change the last letter. The predefined languages in my programs are:
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Japanese. The Japanese translations came from alfcen. See attached picture.
For example for the DynSim (Dynamic Simulations) program there are the files, DynSimE.txt, DynSimF.txt, DynSimD.txt and DynSimI.txt, the others don't exist yet. The last letter gives the language.
E English, F French, D German, I Italian, S Spanish, P Portuguese, R Russian and J Japanese.
I have also help files, in different languages, for some of my programs, but less than for the text files. If, for a given language the text file does exist but not the help file, the english version is loaded by default.
The language index is saved in an Init file (Ex: DynSim.ini), that is always saved when leaving the program and loaded at start up so the user gets the last setup.
In my programs I use simple text files. I have a language index, depending on the selected language, and load the right file.
The file content is loaded into a Text array and in the program I use these varaibles with their index instead of direct text like.
Label1.Text = text(11) instead of
Label1.Text = "File:"
In the text files the 11th entry is for example "File:", "Fichier:" "Datei:" and so on depending on the language.
The possible languages are predefined and if the file for the given language does exist, the choose is enabled or disabled. To add a new language file the user can translate one of the existing files and change the last letter. The predefined languages in my programs are:
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Japanese. The Japanese translations came from alfcen. See attached picture.
For example for the DynSim (Dynamic Simulations) program there are the files, DynSimE.txt, DynSimF.txt, DynSimD.txt and DynSimI.txt, the others don't exist yet. The last letter gives the language.
E English, F French, D German, I Italian, S Spanish, P Portuguese, R Russian and J Japanese.
I have also help files, in different languages, for some of my programs, but less than for the text files. If, for a given language the text file does exist but not the help file, the english version is loaded by default.
The language index is saved in an Init file (Ex: DynSim.ini), that is always saved when leaving the program and loaded at start up so the user gets the last setup.
Best regards.
Thanks! That would be great since you've already got those routines. I am not making any changes at the moment so please use the latest source in post #1 (25.1) and then we'll use that as the next release.
The multilanguage version V0.26 is ready.
Can you transfer it to your 1st post.
I have also added Filippo's menus.
In looking deeper in your code I have two suggestions.
1. On several places when you you set the Visible property to False you set also the Enabled propperty to false. You don't need to set both to False. When setting Visible to False the Control is not available.
2. For the images on the main window you have around the images 4 Labels for the border. One label would be enough, with the outer dimensions 4 pixels wider. I changed it for the upper left image.
Perhaps I have missed some texts, please let me know or you can add them.
@JOTHA: Könntest Du mal die Deutschen Texte durchschauen und eventuelle Verbesserungen durchführen.
Schon mal Danke im Voraus
The multilanguage version V0.26 is ready.
Can you transfer it to your 1st post.
I have also added Filippo's menus.
Great! I am going to give this a quick test and upload to the main post and over at xda-developers
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In looking deeper in your code I have two suggestions.
1. On several places when you you set the Visible property to False you set also the Enabled propperty to false. You don't need to set both to False. When setting Visible to False the Control is not available.
Thanks. That would make it easier and reduce the chances of me forgetting to re-enable elsewhere.
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2. For the images on the main window you have around the images 4 Labels for the border. One label would be enough, with the outer dimensions 4 pixels wider. I changed it for the upper left image.
I know it was probably bad practice on my part, but I was experimenting of how to use a GIF for the weather status, and still allow a background form image to show through and still have borders. (though it's not coded for this - this is why I was asking about controls that have transparency in one of the other threads) Hard to explain so I'm uploading a mock-up image
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Perhaps I have missed some texts, please let me know or you can add them.
@JOTHA: Könntest Du mal die Deutschen Texte durchschauen und eventuelle Verbesserungen durchführen.
Schon mal Danke im Voraus
Language Support
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