Re: [libreoffice-users] Localization of macros

Thanks Andrew,
Please send me your ideas and examples.

My idea is also to use it in an extension.

I have upload my ides of an extension here
http://blog.magenta-aps.dk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Review.oxt .

The extension creates a new toolbar called Review. The right most icon
starts a macro with a dialog that is localized (so far only English and
Danish is included). All localization stuff is in the module "Localization".

Problems so faris:

   - When I read the DialogStrings_xx_YY.properties i have some problems
   with encoding. Only files created on the same platform shows right (Danish
   language consist of some non-ascii characters æ, ø and å.
   Currently this reads with wrong encoding on Windows (use Danish version
   to see the problem).
   How can that be solved?
   - Effectiveness. I'm not sure this is the most effective way and I'm
   affraid that with many strings it will run slow. I haven't tried with more
   than these very few strings.

Missing work to be done (not problems)

   - Error handling
   - Better way to load only relevant strings (only partly implemented so
   far)
   - Default language should be from DialogString_xx_YY.default and not
   hardcoded
   - Script to generate Addons.xcu and /Office/UI/XYZWindowState.xcu

Feel free to tell me what you think of my solution.


Cheers,
Leif Lodahl
The Danish Team

2011/11/30 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <andrew@pitonyak.org>

> On 11/29/2011 03:37 AM, Leif Lodahl wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I often need to have text strings other that dialog labels. This can be
> > error messages, status line messages and msgbox() text.
> >
> > Does anyone here has experience with developing localizable macros?
> >
> > It is possible to localize dialogs, the but is there a some kind of best
> > practice method to access these strings from a Basic macro?
> >
> > I have found a way to do it, but if there is an official way of doing it,
> > I
> > would like to hear about it.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Leif Lodahl
> >
> >  I have only done this in extensions. I can send you an example if you
> desire..... But... I need to take a dog out to go to the bathroom.
>
>
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