Re: Native Language Dialogue boxes.

Great, I'll try it.


On 17/10/14 12:22, Johan Vromans wrote:
> Steve Cookson <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Most of you must use wxPerl in some other language than English.
> I do...
>
>> My native language is English, but I'm developing in Portuguese. When
>> I switch the system language to Portuguese, some things switch (eg the
>> days of the week in date-picker).  But others like help or any of the
>> native dialogues remain in English.  What do I need to do?
> I think this should do the trick:
>
>      use Wx qw(wxLANGUAGE_DEFAULT wxLOCALE_LOAD_DEFAULT);
>      my $local = Wx::Locale->new(wxLOCALE_LOAD_DEFAULT, wxLOCALE_LOAD_DEFAULT );
>      $local->AddCatalog("app"); # replace with the appropriate catalog name
>
> Assuming:
>
>      use Wx::Locale gettext => '_T';
>
> You can do thinks like:
>
>      $self->SetTitle(_T("dialog_1"));
>
> Stock buttons should be translated automatically, provided you use
>
>      # Translated button text plus button icon
>      $self->{button} = Wx::Button->new($self, wxID_CANCEL, "");
>
> and not
>
>      # Untranslated button text, no button icon
>      $self->{button} = Wx::Button->new($self, wxID_CANCEL, "Cancel");
>
> or
>
>      # Translated button text, no button icon
>      $self->{button} = Wx::Button->new($self, wxID_CANCEL, _T("Cancel"));
>
> HTH,
>
> -- Johan
>
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