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niwi
Joined: 27 Feb 2005
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Location: Heidelberg, Germany
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 Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:41 am Post subject: Create AHK script with different GUI Languages |
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Hi,
I'm back again 
I'm writing an application with AHK and I'd like to switch the GUI language (I'm german, but I want to support english too).
I know that it is possible to change the text of buttons, static text etc. I'm just thinking about how to program this. My idea is:
set a variable to the initial language if nothing else is stored
| Code: | set var_guilang = DEU
; set var_guilang = ENU |
call a subroutine to set a lot of variables for every element
| Code: | set var_element1_DEU = Speichern
set var_element1_ENU = Save
set var_element2_DEU = Laden
set var_element2_ENU = Load |
I have a radio button to switch between the languages, so if this changes another sub routine will be called which changes the text of the elements
| Code: | | GuiControl,, var_element1, % var_element1_%var_guilang% |
Or is there a better solution for this?
Regards, NiWi. |
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Chris
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| Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:52 am Post subject: |
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You can also use the built-in variable A_Language to make an initial guess about the user's language.
Another thing you can do is use the control's own variable to store its initial text: | Code: | if A_Language in 0407,0807,0c07,1007,1407
{
;0407 German_Standard
;0807 German_Swiss
;0c07 German_Austrian
;1007 German_Luxembourg
;1407 German_Liechtenstei
Language = DEU
}
else
{
Language = ENU
}
Gosub, FillVariablesUsingLangauge
Gui, Add, Text, vIntro, %Intro%
Gui, Show
return
FillVariablesUsingLangauge:
if Language = DEU
{
Intro = German intro.
; ... and other variables
}
else ; Language = ENU
{
Intro = English intro.
; ... and other variables
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BoBo
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| Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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3 Options:
a) separate language dat's ie 49.dat;01.dat;31.dat;... (no. = country code)
b) single lang.dat which contains language fields
c) single lang.ini which contains language sections
The following code is based on b)
| Code: | Gui, Add, Radio, vR1, Deutsch
Gui, Add, Radio,, English
Gui, Add, Button,, &OK
Gui, Show
Return
ButtonOK:
Gui, Submit
If R1 = 1
FieldNo = 2
If R1 = 2
FieldNo = 1
Loop, Read, Lang.dat
{
StringSplit, Field, A_LoopReadLine,|
Var := Field%FieldNo%
MsgBox, Buttonbeschriftung: %var%
} |
Lang.dat
| Quote: | Save|Speichern
Cancel|Abbrechen
Close|Schließen |
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Chris
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| Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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niwi
Joined: 27 Feb 2005
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Location: Heidelberg, Germany
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| Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
using ini files it will be possible to do something like this:
[Languages]
lang1=DEU
codes1=0407 0807 0c07 1007 1407
lang2=ENU
codes2=0409...
[Text_DEU]
Text01=blabla
[Text_ENU]
Text01=yadayada
Or inlcude them all into the main script.
Ok, thank your for the ideas, I'm trying to figure out wich one is the best to use.
Another question:
Is it possible to change the text of the tabs? I have tabs with german text and I can switch the language to english, so my few controls now will switch to english, but I can't do this with the tabs.
I can access the tabs by using the number associated to them, i.e.
Gui, Tab, 3
Gui, Add, Text...
but I haven't found a way to change the text. Or have I to create the tab twice and using the hide / unhide mechanism?
NiWi. |
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Chris
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| Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| niwi wrote: | | Is it possible to change the text of the tabs? |
You can change the text with GuiControl as in this example:
GuiControl,, MyTab, |First Name|Second Name|Third Name
.. where "MyTab" is the variable name you assigned at the time of creation:
Gui, Add, Tab, vMyTab, First Name|Second Name|Third Name
Edit: Added leading pipe for "GuiControl" above.
Last edited by Chris on Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:07 am; edited 1 time in total |
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niwi
Joined: 27 Feb 2005
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Location: Heidelberg, Germany
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:08 am Post subject: |
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Hi Chris,
| Chris wrote: | | niwi wrote: | | Is it possible to change the text of the tabs? |
You can change the text with GuiControl as in this example:
GuiControl,, MyTab, First Name|Second Name|Third Name
.. where "MyTab" is the variable name you assigned at the time of creation:
Gui, Add, Tab, vMyTab, First Name|Second Name|Third Name |
You forgot (like me) the first pipe in the GuiControl command:
| Code: | GuiControl,, MyTab, |First Name|Second Name|Third Name
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My next problem is using arrays like this:
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Gui, Add, Tab, vMyTab, X|Y
myArray0[0] = A1
myArray0[1] = A2
myArray1[0] = B1
myArray1[1] = B2
i = 0
GuiControl,, MyTab, % |myArray0[%i%]|myArray1[%i%]
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won't work, because of using the single % will change the end of line into an expression, where the pipe is a bitwise OR...
Do you have an easy way to handle this? Maybe you can add the double %% as variables which can be used like this:
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GuiControl,, MyTab, |%%myArray0[%i%]%%|%%myArray1[%i%]%%
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This looks not very clear, but this way I can use a variable in a variable.
Regards, NiWi. |
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toralf
Joined: 31 Jan 2005
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Location: Bremen, Germany
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:21 am Post subject: |
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you could as well do this, right?
| Code: | i = 0
Lable1 := myArray0[%i%]
Lable2 := myArray1[%i%]
GuiControl,, MyTab, |%Lable1%|%Lable2% |
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niwi
Joined: 27 Feb 2005
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Location: Heidelberg, Germany
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:46 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
this is what I do, but with more than two variables it is not very pretty. Ok, I use a loop at the moment, copy the strings and concatenate them, but it is not simple or very handy at all.
NiWi. |
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toralf
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:30 am Post subject: |
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But it will not be easier if you would have to do the thing you wanted to do: | Quote: | | GuiControl,, MyTab, |%%myArray0[%i%]%%|%%myArray1[%i%]%% |
This will get even more complicated with more then 2 Labels.
Don't get me wrong, but I prefer KISS (keep it stupid simple/keep it simple, stupid) ((c) BoBo)
Do one thing at a time and do it correct. Then do the next thing. It prevents bugs. The script is easier to maintain and extend. And other users can read and understand the code.
Why not put the TabLabelString as a whole in the ini? Then you do not have to concate?
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niwi
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
| toralf wrote: | But it will not be easier if you would have to do the thing you wanted to do: | Quote: | | GuiControl,, MyTab, |%%myArray0[%i%]%%|%%myArray1[%i%]%% |
This will get even more complicated with more then 2 Labels.
Don't get me wrong, but I prefer KISS (keep it stupid simple/keep it simple, stupid) ((c) BoBo) |
But copying large strings to temporary variables is not very effective 
| toralf wrote: | | Do one thing at a time and do it correct. Then do the next thing. It prevents bugs. The script is easier to maintain and extend. And other users can read and understand the code. |
This is one point for you. 
| toralf wrote: | | Why not put the TabLabelString as a whole in the ini? Then you do not have to concate? |
This won't work. I've tried something like this:
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myString = |A1|B1|C1
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but I haven't get the complete string. Maybe
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myString := "|A1|B1|C1"
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would be better (I haven't tried this, but I will test it). |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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AFAIK
should work. |
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jonny
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Location: Minnesota
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| The choice between := "" and = is purely a matter of preference. Personally, I prefer the former. |
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niwi
Joined: 27 Feb 2005
Posts: 128
Location: Heidelberg, Germany
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
ok, here is a little script, it is nearly to that one I'm using, but I tried to keep it simple:
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var1 = A
var2 = B
Gui, Add, Tab, vmyTab, 1|2
Gui,Show
MsgBox, now changing.
i1 = 1
i2 = 2
GuiControl,, myTab, % |var%i1%|var%i2%
newtab := "|" var%i1% "|" var%i2%
MsgBox, second try: %newTab%
GuiControl,, myTab, %newTab%
dummy1 := var%i1%
dummy2 := var%i2%
newtab := "|" dummy1 "|" dummy2
MsgBox, third try: %newTab%
GuiControl,, myTab, %newTab%
MsgBox, Finished.
ExitApp
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What it should do:
Create a GUI with two tabs called "1" and "2". I'd like to change the names depending on an index variable and using an array.
So the only way I could do this is to use some dummies and set them to the array values. After this I can concatenate them to one string.
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toralf
Joined: 31 Jan 2005
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Location: Bremen, Germany
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, As it is stated in the manual:
| Quote: | Currently, sub-expressions and references such as Array%i% cannot be merged with other items. An attempt to merge a sub-expression such as "Prefix" (x + 1) will cause the entire expression to evaluate to an empty string. An attempt to merge a reference such as Array%i% "Suffix" will treat Array%i% as an empty string.
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See Expressions -> Concate
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