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| <H3 ALIGN="CENTER">Step 5. Adding Resource Files for New Languages</H3> |
| <P><B>Creating a New Language File</B></P> |
| <P>The only way by which to create a new language file is by selecting the |
| 'Add New Resource File...' option from the 'Options' menu. When you do |
| so a dialog box will appear similar to this:</P> |
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| <P>The top three fields identify the file. The bottom three sections, Language, |
| Country, and Variant define the role of the resource file within the bundle. |
| The only required field is the encoding field for the language. The encoding |
| fields are inserted into the name of the resource file whenever the fields |
| are filled. The file name would following the pattern <CODE>baseclass_language_encoding_variant.properties</CODE>. |
| In the above example, the file would be named<CODE> RBTutorial_de.properties</CODE>. |
| Note that it is important to define fallback files for each language (i.e. |
| if you have a file for <CODE>RBTutorial_de_DE.properties</CODE>, you should |
| also have a file for <CODE>RBTutorial_de.properties</CODE>).</P> |
| <P>Since there may be instances where the language file being created may |
| have few differences from the base class property file, an option is given |
| for copying or not all of the resources from the base class file to the |
| new file. By default, this option is selected and each resource will be |
| copied from the base file and marked as untranslated in the new resource |
| file.</P> |
| <P><B>Working with the New Language File</B><BR> |
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| <P>Once a language file has been created, there will be resources that need |
| to be translated. This can be done from two different views. First, go |
| to the tree on the lower left of the screen and select the file that you |
| have just created. In this case it will be under the language encoding |
| de node of the tree. Select the file by clicking on it once. Selecting |
| the 'Untranslated' tab on the right should result in a view similar to |
| this:</P> |
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| <P>This section displays all of the resources that are marked as untranslated |
| in the file. Alternatively, you could select the 'Groups' tab and see |
| all of the resources, one group at a time, whether or not they have been |
| marked as translated. Double clicking on a row in the the tables present |
| in either view will bring up a dialog box similar to one you have all |
| ready seen:</P> |
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| <P>The top three editable components are all disabled. This is because changing |
| them would required editing files other than the one currently being viewed. |
| This type of editing can be accomplished only from the base class. To |
| change the translation value, alter the field labeled 'Translation:' with |
| the new translation. You may also change the resource comment and lookup |
| comments if you like, but this change will be visible only from RBManager. |
| You also may find that the resource requires no translation if this is |
| the case, just select the 'Translated' check box at the bottom of the |
| dialog and press 'Edit'. If you change the translation, the 'Translated' |
| check box will automatically check itself when you are finished.</P> |
| <P>Continue this process until you have completely translated this file, |
| or leave the file untranslated, but save your work so that you or someone |
| else can return to it later. To learn how to save your results, go to |
| the next step.</P> |
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