Multilingual dialogues

[David Bovill]

On 20 Oct 2005, at 17:03, Trevor DeVore wrote:

> You can simplify setting tooltips and field text values by using  
> code like this when a stack opens for the first time.  It just  
> looks for custom properties of controls that specify what key in  
> the language stack to use for that control.
>
> repeat with i = 1 to the number of cards of this stack
>     repeat with j = 1 to the number of controls of this stack
>         if the uLocale["tooltip"] of control j of card i of this  
> stack is not empty then
>             set the tooltip of control j of card i of this stack to \
>                 getString(the uLocale["tooltip"] of control j of  
> card i of this stack)
>         end if
>
>         if the uLocale["text"] of control j of card i of this stack  
> is not empty then
>             set the text of control j of card i of this stack to \
>                 getString(the uLocale["tooltip"] of control j of  
> card i of this stack)
>         end if
>     end repeat
> end repeat

Thanks - sounds good. And perhaps if all the language stacks were  
substacks of stack "Translations" or.... then it would be easy to add  
another translation and a script could automatically figure out how  
many were available?

> David - I've tried answering the email you sent me but it keeps  
> getting bounced.  I've tried a couple of accounts but I think I am  
> not on your spam list.

My provider was hacked earlier in the week - still recovering - email  
seems to be working now though?