Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of maestro/Translation

Timestamp:

12/13/09 08:07:47 (15 years ago)

Author:

ksgeograf

Comment:

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maestro/Translation

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 == Prerequisites ==
   * !MapGuide Maestro 1.0.9 r4431 or later [wiki:maestro/Downloads Download]
-  * Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5 Download] (Should be installed)
+  * Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=AB99342F-5D1A-413D-8319-81DA479AB0D7]
   * Microsoft .Net 2.0 SDK [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fe6f2099-b7b4-4f47-a244-c96d69c35dec Download] (Included in Visual Studio 2005 or newer)
   * A Subversion client, TortoiseSVN is fine for Windows [http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads Download]
@@ -108 +108 @@
 rest until the next turn.
 
+=== Localizing strings ===
+Inside the newly created folder, there exists a file called "gui update.bat".
+
+Simply doubleclick this file, and a GUI editor will show you all the strings that needs to be updated.[[BR]]
+This screenshot shows the GUI editor in action:[[BR]]
+[[Image(LocalizationGUIScreenshot.png)]]
+
+There is a counter in the top which shows the number of items remaining.
+
+Special items, such as !{0} and !{1} are placeholders for some text that Maestro will insert. It should be fairly obvious what the fields will be substituted with, but if in doubt, ask on the [http://mapguide.osgeo.org/user.html MapGuide-Users mail list].
+
+For most languages, there are some texts that are the same, such as "OK" or "...". To prevent these from showing in the editor, place a file called "ignore.en-US.xml" in the same folder as the LocalizationTool.exe, and insert strings to ignore in this format:
+{{{
+<root>
+  <ignore>OK</ignore>
+  <ignore>...</ignore>
+</root>
+}}}
+
 
 === Localizing windows (forms) ===
@@ -121 +140 @@
 If you open the file {{{ApplicationSetup.en-US.resx}}} with "Windows Resource Localization Editor" (the shortcut for winres.exe), you can visually see the window, and modify it interactively. You can move things around to correctly display text, but please try to keep the layout as close to the original as possible.
 
+It is recommended that you use the "update gui.bat" method to update strings, but using the winres.exe program it may be easier to determine the context for the item being translated.
+
 Once done, save the file.
-
-=== Localizing strings ===
-Maestro contains a number of messages that are not directly displayed in a window, primarily as error messages.
-
-Unfortunately the "winres.exe" does not support editing these files, so you have to use a text editor, such as the free [http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php Notepad++].
-
-All the files that are missing a "neutral" resx file (those with only a `*`.en-US.resx file) must be edited with a text editor. They all start with a lot of boilerplate system code, and then multiple entries of the form:
-{{{
-  <data name="OpenFileError" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Unable to open "{0}", error message: {1}</value>
-  </data>
-}}}
-
-The "name" attribute is a system key, and may not be changed.
-The text between the {{{<value>}}} and {{{</value>}}} is the one that needs translating.
-The special items !{0} and !{1} are placeholders for some text that Maestro will insert. It should be fairly obvious what the fields will be substituted with, but if in doubt, ask on the [http://mapguide.osgeo.org/user.html MapGuide-Users mail list].
 
 == Building and testing the dll's ==