Re: [Web-erp-developers] Translation

[skaill <sk...@ro...>]

Here is another about what to do with submits.  Basically translate the
value and not the name.  Also we have been eliminating the testing of a
certain value in the submit and just seeing if it is set instead.  This
works as long as there is only one value possible for the submit and
everywhere I have seen so far that is the case.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "skaill" <sk...@ro...>
To: <web...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Web-erp-developers] Translation


> Sure, I think I can do those pages but I can only superficially test them
as
> I'm honestly not that familiar with those areas and may not know if I've
> introduced an error.  Unfortunately you may need to do some extended
testing
> if you want to have good confidence in all the translation code changes.
>
> After we do each section we should get someone who is using webERP and
wants
> translation to use it for a week or two to make sure there are no errors
> with what we've done.  After that, proceed to the next set.
>
> The types of changes we are making theoretically should not get us into
much
> trouble though.
>
> Although the value gets changed in the Submit (and other inputs) the name
> should remain the same to keep the code all in one language (English).
>
> One tricky circumstance is if 'Y' and 'N' have been used for boolean.
> These values get stored as data.  The data cannot be translated from Y or
N
> as stored or the logic test of if TestFlag == "Y" wouldn't work when you
> changed languages.  It would work if you changed the right half but only
for
> one language!  The best solution is to translate when displayed.
>
> It all has to do with display time as opposed to code logic.
>
> Steve
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Phil Daintree" <we...@pa...>
> To: <web...@li...>
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 6:28 AM
> Subject: [Web-erp-developers] Translation
>
>
> > Gentlemen,
> >
> > I have been having a play with gettext and have it working - it needs to
> > be enabled on your server.... if its not the system will product only
> > english. The CVS has a couple of strings in the italian messages.po for
> > the purposes I certainly would not vouch for the accuracy of the
> > translations !! However, clearly shows that it is going to work
> > brilliantly.... IF WE have the determination and staying power to
> > convert every string assigment/print statement and echo statement in the
> > whole system.
> >
> > Frankly, I am seriously daunted by the propsect and will not be able to
> > do it on my own.
> >
> > A few points about the conversion ...
> >
> > Page $title = _('Page Title'); should also be encapsulated in the get
> > text function.
> >
> > Single quotes ' are faster than double quotes " - PHP has to parse the
> > contents of double quotes for variable substitutions but doesn't for
> > single quotes. Strings that have variables in the middle and spaces or
> > html tags need to be broken up ideally eg.
> >
> > echo "<P>A long string full of $NumberOfCharacters characters";
> >
> > would need to be re-written as:
> >
> > echo '<P>' . _('A long string full of') . ' ' . $NumberOfCharacters . '
> > ' . _('characters');
> >
> > I think it would be better to avoid having html or trailing spaces in
> > the translation strings.
> >
> > Jessie Peterson made a modification to the DB_query function such that
> > the repetitive use of
> >
> > if (DB_error_no($db) !=0) { .....
> >
> > is no longer necessary - all you need to do is send DB_query the error
> > message as the 3rd parameter, the 4th parameter is the Debug message and
> > the 5th is whether the query is inside a transaction that should
> > rollback. This might be a good opportunity to tidy up calls to DB_query
> > to use these extra parameters too? This would take quite a bit of code
> > out of the scripts.
> >
> > Some submit buttons have their value checked - clearly the value of a
> > submit button - what is displayed on the face of it - will need to be
> > inside a gettext function call - so too must the comparison string eg.
> >
> > say a submit button named 'Search' is tested to see if it is hit - the
> > value of the button will need to be changed to the local language -
> > assuming the button is to have a local language label....
> >
> > if ($_POST['Search'] == _('Search Now')){
> >
> > Steve's approach to "eating the elephant" seemed good - lets break it
> > down to bite sized chunks ....
> >
> > I'll kick off with:
> >
> > AccountGroups.php
> > AgedDebtors.php
> > AgedSuppliers.php
> > Areas.php
> > BOMInquiry.php
> > BOMListing.php
> >
> > Steve - would you have a go at:
> >
> > BOMs.php
> > BankAccounts.php
> > BankMatching.php
> > BankReconciliation.php
> > COGSGLPostings.php
> > CompanyPreferences.php
> >
> > Luca - would you have a go at:
> >
> > ConfirmDispatchControlled_Invoice.php
> > ConfirmDispatch_Invoice.php
> > CreditItemsControlled.php
> > CreditStatus.php
> > Credit_Invoice.php
> > Currencies.php
> >
> > Rom - would you have a go at:
> >
> > CustEDISetup.php
> > CustWhereAlloc.php
> > CustomerBranches.php
> > CustomerInquiry.php
> > CustomerReceipt.php
> > CustomerTransInquiry.php
> >
> >
> > The major worry here is introducing new bugs so please test the scripts
> > individually and thoroughly before emailing me with them.
> >
> > Any other offers to help would be fantastic.
> >
> > Let me know if there are any other ideas or areas of ambiguity.
> >
> > If you need to see how to convert a script look at index.php or
> > UserSettings.php
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> >
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