Localization Overview

The Localization application enables you to:

Task	See these help topics:
Translate ARCHIBUS into new languages	Editing the Languages Table
Translate a new application	Translating a New Application
Translate the ARCHIBUS Smart Client programs	Localizing the Smart Client Programs
Translate any extensions that you have made to ARCHIBUS	Creating Language Files for Personalized Extensions
Greek test your new applications and extensions to correct problems before the localization process begins	Greek Testing a New Application or Extension
Create a glossary of unique terms to be translated to jump start new translations	The Glossary Process How to Use the Glossary Process
Translate new views that you have created using the View Definition Wizard	Translating New Views
Generate comparison reports to compare language or glossary files from different databases. Some of the localization tables include the Data Transfer Status field that tells you the effect of an import on each record	Comparing Language or Glossary Files from Different Databases About the Data Transfer Field.
After you use the Localization application to create translations, you can produce Oracle and Microsoft SQL databases that include these translations	Database Production: Overview

The Localization application supports translating Web Central V18.1 and higher.

The Localization application does not support translating elements that are within the ARCHIBUS Client/Server product, such as BasicScript applications, EIS applications, Domain Navigator, Overlay AutoLISP routines, or Crystal Reports.

The Localization application does not translate the online help. The ARCHIBUS Help ships as standard HTML files that can be modified or translated directly as needed.

Support Policy

The Localization application is an application under the Technologies domain.

This application includes the same Localization features that ARCHIBUS, Inc. uses to translate the software into both single- and double-byte languages. It is provided free-of-charge as an unsupported tool.

If you need support for a localization project, please contact your ARCHIBUS Business Partner or ARCHIBUS, Inc., who would be pleased to draw up a Statement of Work for that project.

Localized Strings for Web Central

ARCHIBUS Web Central produces translated interfaces on the fly using strings stored in the following locations:

The Project Database: Has a series of translatable tables and fields that contain localized versions of the English strings, such as visible titles, summary descriptions, and visible enumeration values. See Translatable Tables in the Project Database.
The Application Language (.lang) files: The schema\ab-system\lang folder holds a series of XML files that holds translations for each supported language (such as, schema-fr.lang, schema-es.lang).If you create your own application, you have the option of adding your own translated strings to one or more of these .lang files, or to create a new .lang file that holds your own localized strings. If you add a .lang file, it should reside in this same subfolder.See Application Tables.
The Core language (.lang) files: The schema\ab-system\lang folder also holds a series of XML files for the Core program (for example, core-fr.lang, core-es.lang). It is inadvisable to change these core files, but if you translate a new language you will need to produce a new core.lang file for that language.
The Core Control language (.lang) files: The schema\ab-core\controls\lang folder holds a series of JavaScript (.js) files (for example, ui-controls-lang-fr.js, ui-controls-lang-es.js) that provides the translated strings for the core client-side JavaScript controls. The grid control and timeline controls are examples of this. You do not need to changes these files, but if you are translating a new language, you must produce a new core control .js file for that language.
Supported Locales and Languages in afm-config.xml:
- <locales/> list: The list of locales the program supports (for example, fr_FR, es_ES, en_GB, en_US, en_CA) is in the <locales/> list located in the \WEB-INF\config\context\compatibility\afm-config.xml file. ARCHIBUS uses the ISO two-letter locale names that are the same as used in the Java standard. You can extend this list as needed.
- <languages/> list: The list of languages that the program is configured to present is also in the afm-config.xml file in the <languages/> list. You can extend this list as needed. The <languages/> list also provides the ARCHIBUS program the list of database extensions (dbExtensions) and Help extensions (helpExtensions) values (for example, "fr, "es, "de"). These are the values that ARCHIBUS appends to database fields and to help subfolders to find the translated versions of field values and Help topics.
  See Adding Languages and Locales to the afm-config.xml File.