Language Maintenance
The Language Maintenance feature allows you to modify the look of JDesignerPro either to suite your native language or simply to modify the text labels and messages that are constant throughout JDesignerPro.
You will notice that the default language is 'en' for English. In the list below you will see a list of text descriptions. On the left is displayed the constant value as defined internally to JDesignerPro and next to it you will see the text value that has been assigned to that constant for the selected language.
Creating a new language
To create a new language simply enter the two character code you wish to use in the Language/Country combo box. The language, which is the first two characters is automatically converted to lowercase. If you would like to create two or more entries for the same language but for different countries then add a two character country code after the language code. Below are some examples of sample language codes and their descriptions:
- en - English
- enUS - United States English
- fr - French
- frCN - Canadian French
- sp - Spanish
- spLA - Spanish Latin America
- jp - Japanese
After entering the desired langauge/country simply go through the list of text descriptions and adjust them to suit. When you are finished press the Apply button to save this new language. It will then appear in the langauge/country combo box so you can edit it at a later date.
Special Text Substituion Values
Some of the text values contain substition values such as %s or %d. These must remain in the text value after you have modified it but you can alter the position or order to suit the language you are defining.
Using Lanuage definiton to alter the look of JDesignerPro
In some circumstances you mya like to simply modify some of the standard text of JDesignerPro. For example, if you would like something other than Username:/Password: too appear on the JDesignerPro login window you would modify the JDPLogin1 and JDPLogin2 entries. The next time a user starts JDesignerPro the new values will be displayed on the login window. You can do the same for the menu options of JDesignerPro along with the standard messages.
Exporting/Importing Languages
By default we are only shipping English as the default langauge. If you want to create your own languages you are free to do so. If you create a language you can send it to us for inclusion in JDesignerPro. To do so simply email the .lang file JDP creates in the JDesignerPro\System\Languages directory.
As we receive these files from users we will make them available to other users. We really appreciate your help with this as for some of you it will only take 10 minutes to translate the text strings into your language whereas it would take us far longer and chances are our translation would be far from accurate.
Selecting the language to display
You can define the language to display independently for each JDesignerPro System. To define the language for a System go to System Maintenance, select the System and then select the language and save the change.