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1 -Development-Localization and Internationalization
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1 -XWiki.probert
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1 1  == Unicode ==
2 2  
3 -See also: [[UTF-8 Encoding Tips>>UTF-8 Encoding Tips]]
3 +See also: [[UTF-8 Encoding Tips]]
4 4  
5 5  To Enable Unicode for your WO app, add the following to your application constructor:
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70 70  
71 71  If you use localized strings in your UTF-8 application you may also check out Project Wonder's [[ERXLocalizer>>WOnder-ERXLocalizer]] class.
72 72  
73 -=== Project Localization tips [[~~ramsey]] ===
73 +=== Project Localization tips [[~~ramsey]] ===
74 74  
75 75  The following are some tips and suggestions for localizing a project in WOLips using Project Wonder.
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114 114  
115 115  ===== Localized strings and components =====
116 116  
117 -For each language available, you will need a corresponding Localizable.strings file. This file should be located in Projects->Resources->"Lang".lproj directory. In these directories, you'll store localized resources such as Localizable.strings files and localized components. So, continuing with the above example, you should create two new Localizable.strings files in the following places in your project directory:
117 +For each language available, you will need a corresponding Localizable.strings file. This file should be located in Projects->Resources->"Lang".lproj directory. In these directories, you'll store localized resources such as Localizable.strings files and localized components. So, continuing with the above example, you should create two new Localizable.strings files in the following places in your project directory:
118 118  
119 119  Project->Resources->English.lproj->Localizable.strings
120 120  Project->Resources->Japanese.lproj->Localizable.strings
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122 122  
123 123  As mentioned earlier, it's recommended that these be in UTF-16 format. You can do that by right clicking on the file in WOLips and selecting "Properties." In the resources panel, change from the project default encoding to UTF-16.
124 124  
125 -If you have any components that need localizing, then you should relocate that component from your Project->Components folder into the appropriate Lang.lproj folder. Then make a copy of the component into the remaining lproj directories and you can begin the process of localizing the component. You do not need more than one copy of the associated API or java file. You only need duplicates of the WO. So, as an example, if you wanted to localize
125 +If you have any components that need localizing, then you should relocate that component from your Project->Components folder into the appropriate Lang.lproj folder. Then make a copy of the component into the remaining lproj directories and you can begin the process of localizing the component. You do not need more than one copy of the associated API or java file. You only need duplicates of the WO. So, as an example, if you wanted to localize
126 126  
127 127  > Project->Components->Main WO
128 ->\\
129 ->>You would right-click->Refactor->Move it to
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131 -> Project->Resources->English.lproj->Main WO
132 ->\\
133 ->>and then right-click->Copy it from English.lproj and right-click->Paste it into Japanese.lproj. At this point, when you open the component in WOLips, there will be a tab at the bottom of the component editor view that allows you to switch back and forth between different localized versions of that component.
129 +You would right-click->Refactor->Move it to
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131 +> Project->Resources->English.lproj->Main WO
132 +
133 +and then right-click->Copy it from English.lproj and right-click->Paste it into Japanese.lproj. At this point, when you open the component in WOLips, there will be a tab at the bottom of the component editor view that allows you to switch back and forth between different localized versions of that component.
134 +
135 135  Your layout would end up something like this:
136 136  
137 137  [[image:ERXLocalizerEclipseLayout.png]]
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150 150  
151 151  Then, for the attribute you'd like to localize, add the ERXLanguages key to the UserInfo for that specific attribute:
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153 -[[image:ERXLocalizerUserInfo_correct.png||border="1"]]
153 +[[image:ERXLocalizerUserInfo.png]]
154 154  
155 155  ===== Direct Actions =====
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171 171  
172 172  {{/code}}
173 173  
174 -That should give the user their browser's default language setting instead of your server's default language setting until a session is created.
174 +That should give the user their browser's default language setting instead of your server's default language setting until a session is created.
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176 -[[Development-Localization and Internationalization^LocalizerTest.zip]] is an example application demonstrating the sessionless use of the localizer with localized strings and localized components, storing the language state in a cookie.
176 +[[^LocalizerTest.zip]] is an example application demonstrating the sessionless use of the localizer with localized strings and localized components, storing the language state in a cookie.
177 177  
178 178  ===== Database setup =====
179 179  
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182 182  jdbc:mysql:~/~/localhost/mydatabase?capitalizeTypenames=true&zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull&characterEncoding=UTF-8
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184 184  The database itself is set to default to "UTF8" encoding. (No hyphen in UTF8 for MySQL) You can set that in the "Options" pane of MySQL Administrator.app under the "Advanced" popup menu item in the "Def. char set" field. Of course, you'll need to use the correct database types too, meaning don't use a blob for text storage. Use varchar and longtext (varcharLarge is the name of the Wonder prototype) instead.
185 -
186 -===== Localization presentation from WOWODC West 2009 =====
187 -
188 -Guido Neitzer did a localization presentation at WOWODC West 2009 that give a good overview of how to localize your apps. The presentation is available [[here>>http://www.wocommunity.org/podcasts/wowodc/west09/WOWODCW09-Localization.mov]].