[Chameleon] Chameleon and internationalization

[Christopher R. Thorne]

Bart,
I totally agree with you on this and this is a complicated issue. 

I have been working on the xml widget doc framework and your issues with multi-lingual
content for: widget documentation and application specific content (eg. Maptips, online
help, other app text) is exactly what I hope to be able to handle in the widget docs. :)

Unfortunately, Between Paul and I we have only been talking about this and have not
defined a plan of attack.

In the meantime, I personally don't have a solution for better managing your languages
content in the dbf files. 

maybe you could write a dbf script routine that appends the language column to the new
installation of Chameleon????? I don't know.

Chris



On Feb 11, bartvde at xs4all.nl wrote:
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> the current Chameleon internationalization uses a language dbf file per
> widget, in which every language occupies a column in the dbf.
> 
> With updates from Chameleon coming it, this is a difficult system to
> maintain. Maybe widgets have been updated with new keys in the dbf, so the
> widget dbf file has been altered. This will mean you will need to get your
> own language added to the new dbf again.
> 
> What options would there be to simplify this process?
> -have separate dbf files per language, and make joins?
> -maintain the language resources in XML files, which can be validated
> whether or not they contain all the keys which need to be in there,
> assuming keys will end up being XML elements?
> 
> Any other ideas? Are there any plans to change this system?
> 
> Best regards,
> Bart
> 
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