Localizing projects

RoboHELP now offers language support for its HTML Help runtime extensions. You can change the text for the WebSearch button, portions of your online glossary, and certain elements in browse sequences.

To localize elements of a RoboHELP project:

  1. Copy example 1 below and paste the text into Notepad or another text editor.

  2. Change the text to the language of your choice. For instance, example 1 shows RoboHHRE.LNG with English values and example 2 shows RoboHHRE.LNG with Swedish values. If you were changing your RoboHELP project to Swedish you would replace "ButtonCaption=WebSearch" with "ButtonCaption=WebSök" (Swedish for "WebSearch").

  3. Save the text file as RoboHHRE.LNG in your RoboHELP project folder. (Delete the ".txt" file extension, or other extension that your text editor may have added to the end of the file name.)

  4. Add the RoboHHRE.LNG file to your project's Baggage folder. Right-click on the Baggage folder and select New Baggage File. Browse to the location of the RoboHHRE.LNG file, select All Files (*.*) from the Files of type drop-down list, select the RoboHHRE.LNG file, and click Open.

  5. You can view your project with the new localized features. Simply save, compile and run your project. The elements you changed appear in the new language. Example:

Notes:

  • If RoboHHRE.LNG is in your end user's Windows directory, it will override the file in your Baggage folder. (This should not normally be a problem, since most users do not already have this file.)

  • If you do not include the RoboHHRE.LNG file in your project, or omit some values, your project will default to the English values shown in example 1.

Example 1 (RoboHHRE.LNG with English values):

[WebSearch]
ButtonCaption=WebSearch

[GlossaryTab]
TabCaption=&Glossary
TermCaption=&Term
DefinitionCaption=&Definition For:

[BrowseSequence]
PreCaption=Previous
PreTooltip=Previous Topic
NextCaption=Next
NextTooltip=Next Topic
BlockTooltip=Select Browse Sequence

Example 2 (RoboHHRE.LNG with Swedish values):

[WebSearch]
ButtonCaption=WebSök

[GlossaryTab]
TabCaption=&Ord Register
TermCaption=&Term
DefinitionCaption=&Definition För:

[BrowseSequence]
PreCaption=Förra
PreTooltip=Förra Ämnet
NextCaption=Nästa
NextTooltip=Nästa Ämne
BlockTooltip=Välj Sekvens