In the D2000 System application, there is possible to display some data in several languages. The feature is allowed by means of the program Dictionary.
Within the frame of the Dictionary, you can define languages, keywords and texts, which are assigned to individual keywords.
The procedure for defining your Dictionary is very simple. At first, you have to define the languages, which form the table columns (see the dialog box below). Then define the keywords (the column Key) and text (translations).
The keywords will be used for various definitions (e.g. object description, technical units, user tool description, ... - see the list at the end of the topic). According to your language selection, these definitions will be displayed as they are defined for a particular language in the Dictionary.
In the configuration of the user's parameters, you can either define the language for a user, allow them to switch among the defined languages, or enable them to edit the Dictionary.
To open Dictionary:
Example of the dictionary configuration in the D2000 System:
The dialog window is divided into the following parts:
The filter enables the selection of the required list of keywords or translations from the dictionary.
Control buttons:
Deletes a text from the filter and cancels filtering. | |
Creates keywords based on text in the filter or enables editing the translation for the selected language. |
Opens dialog window List of keywords and translations. | |
Opens dialog window containing detailed information. | |
Deletes all keywords from the dictionary. | |
Deletes unused keywords from the dictionary. | |
Exports (saves) the dictionary into the *.csv file. The keys can be exported also with a time stamp modify time. Clicking the export button, the above-mentioned modal window opens. | |
Exports (saves) the used keywords into the *.csv file. The keywords can be exported also with a time stamp modify time. Clicking on the export button, the above-mentioned window opens. | |
Exports (saves) the unused keywords into the *.csv file. The keywords can be exported also with a time stamp modify time. Clicking on the export button, the above-mentioned window opens. | |
Exports (saves) the selected keys into the *.csv file. The keys can be exported also with a time stamp modify time. Clicking on the export button, the following modal window opens. | |
Imports the dictionary from a file. Notes: | |
Defining the languages. Clicking the button opens the dialog window for defining the language. |
The contents of the list depend on the filter - keywords or language variations.
If the list contains the keywords, it is able to change their names. When editing the key, there may occur these colours:
The background of the new keywords is light blue.
If the list contains the keywords, press the right mouse button over the list to open the following menu:
When creating the new key, a user must enter the name and translations into the text field. Over the text field, there are these buttons:
Key into an object - this button is enabled only if there is a relation between the dictionary and text entry field. This connection is created when pressing CTRL+L or clicking the special button. Then, the keyword will be entered into the field. | |
References of key - opens the dialog window that displays the list of objects, which use the given key. | |
Deletes the key from the dictionary. |
Below the text field, there is a list of translations in various languages. The translations may be edited in this list.
At the bottom of the dialog window, there is this information:
The arrow keys are used to navigate between the pages.
Each record can be edited directly in the list. Click on the particular cell to edit the key or the translation. The edited records (rows) are highlighted in yellow colour. This change of keyword/translation will become evident automatically, any confirmation by a button is not required.
Clicking on the column header on the left, the data in the table are arranged upwardly, next clicking arranges data downwardly. The icon in the column header shows the word order in the column (ascending/descending).
When you configure texts, which are shown to users, you can enter the keyword. This keyword will be replaced by corresponding text from the Dictionary according to the language setting for the logged-on user.
If there is no language defined for the user, then the replacing keywords from the Dictionary is disabled.
The keywords are inserted by using the string {!}.
Example:
The string {!DB} displays the following text:
When you want to use these keywords in configuration, use the shortcut CTRL+L to open the Dictionary when the mouse cursor is in the input edit field. When you press the shortcut:
Note: To use your Dictionary from a script, see the functions %HI_LNG_GetCurrLngIdx, %HI_LNG_Translate, %LNG_Translate and %LNG_GetCurrLngIdx.
Data representation in the D2000 system |