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Re: Localizing applescript source code

OK, all is almost well but...

My application *needs* 5 initial properties at launch, is there any way
to set the value of those properties via Localized.strings?
I tried:

property this_initial_setting : localized string "INITIAL_SETTING" from
table "Localized"

which seems to compile OK but throws an error at build, saying it
doesn't understand the message.

They can't be hardcoded (as in set this_initial_setting to localised
string...) because after the first use, the Default entries will be
created, and hardcoding the properties would override the User Defaults.

Also, I read over at ADC that it is best to user the 2 letter country
code when localizing, so why does PB create 'English.lproj' and
'French.lproj' instead of 'En.lproj' and 'Fr.lproj' ??? I sthere a
setting somewhere in PB to change this?

Thanks again for any help!

Guy

> Hi Tim,
> Cheers for the pointer.
> And now I wonder why the hell I was trying to make so difficult, when
> it's sooooo easy!!!
>
>> Hi Guy,
>>
>> As of AppleScript Studio 1.1 there is built in support for handling
>> localized strings. Look at the "localized string" command in the
>> AppleScript Studio Reference for information and examples of how to
>> use it.
>>
>> Tim Bumgarner
>> AppleScript Engineering
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to localize my app to French, so far I know how to deal
>>> with the NIB files, but would appreciate pointers as far as
>>> localizing
>>> strings generated by the script itself (dialogs, title, text
>>> fields...). I've read a bit about the NSLocalizedString() and
>>> .strings
>>> file method on Apple's Dev site but don't quite understand how to
>>> implement it in an AppleScript application (if at all possible).
>>>
>>> In my script, if I have:
>>>
>>> set title of cell "cell_" of matrix "matrix_" of window "window_" to
>>> "Use this new title"
>>>
>>> and I thought I could just replace it to:
>>>
>>> set title of cell "cell_" of matrix "matrix_" of window "window_" to
>>> NSLocalizedString("this string")
>>>
>>> and it would read from the .strings file:
>>>
>>> /* this entry for cell title of matrix */
>>> "this string" = "Use this new title";
>>>
>>> But that doesn't work, as the NSLocalizedString() turns into a
>>> variable (green when compiled).
>>> So I'm obviously missing the point somewhere.
>>>
>>> Any help much appreciated!
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