1. Implementing multi-lingual user interface
Hi there,
I'm only just getting my feet wet with Eu but have already found
some great things. One thing I would like to mention for those
interested:
In my company we currently use a IDE called WinDev. One of it's
nice features is the ability to implement multi-lingual user
interface. You can simply input all wanted translations for every
control, menu-option, etc.
As I'm seriously thinking about switching to Eu over a certain
period (and for several reasons) I'm evaluating how to do certain
things in Eu that I can currently do very easy with WinDev.
I found out that creating a multi-lingual interface in Eu is VERY
simple (I only post the control-specific code here, I use
Win32lib):
---
atom language_number -- atom to hold the active language
sequence button_text -- sequence to hold all the translations
language_nuber = 1 -- set to english, 2 will switch to dutch
button_text = {english-txt, dutch-text} -- translations for button
constant PushButton1 = createEx(PushButton,
button_text[language_number], Window, 120, 200, 150, 20)
---
If you do this for each control, simply setting "language_number"
will run the user interface in the wanted language.
I'm going to extend this with a procedure that can switch languages
at runtime. I must say that the concept of sequences is impressive.
This trick is probably known already, but if not it might come
handy for someone 
Hans Peter Willems
2. Re: Implementing multi-lingual user interface
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Willems" <peter at integratedmoves.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Implementing multi-lingual user interface
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> I'm only just getting my feet wet with Eu but have already found
> some great things. One thing I would like to mention for those
> interested:
>
> In my company we currently use a IDE called WinDev. One of it's
> nice features is the ability to implement multi-lingual user
> interface. You can simply input all wanted translations for every
> control, menu-option, etc.
>
> As I'm seriously thinking about switching to Eu over a certain
> period (and for several reasons) I'm evaluating how to do certain
> things in Eu that I can currently do very easy with WinDev.
> I found out that creating a multi-lingual interface in Eu is VERY
> simple (I only post the control-specific code here, I use
> Win32lib):
>
> ---
> atom language_number -- atom to hold the active language
> sequence button_text -- sequence to hold all the translations
>
> language_nuber = 1 -- set to english, 2 will switch to dutch
> button_text = {english-txt, dutch-text} -- translations for button
>
> constant PushButton1 = createEx(PushButton,
> button_text[language_number], Window, 120, 200, 150, 20)
>
> ---
>
> If you do this for each control, simply setting "language_number"
> will run the user interface in the wanted language.
> I'm going to extend this with a procedure that can switch languages
> at runtime. I must say that the concept of sequences is impressive.
>
> This trick is probably known already, but if not it might come
> handy for someone
>
You'll be pleased that this 'text' translation feature will be built in to
win32lib soon. I have the outline of it working now but there is still a few
'issues' to sort out. So maybe it'll appear in a few weeks, after the next
release.
I first ran into this technique many many years ago using an IBM mainframe
programming language called 'UFO' - User-Files-Online.
--
Derek.
