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January 22, 2012 - 3:40pm
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tapsklaps
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automatic language switching

I´ve tried to realize the automatic language switching in my portable app Tomahawk PDF+ Portable. To that extent I've created a folder named "Languages" with all language files inside of the folder DafaultData\settings. I also have created a file "custom.nsh" with the following code:

${SegmentFile}

${SegmentPrePrimary}
	ReadEnvStr $0 PAL:LanguageCustom
			CopyFiles /SILENT $EXEDIR\Data\Languages\TPdfPlus$0.lng $EXEDIR\App\TomahawkPDF+
			Delete $EXEDIR\App\TomahawkPDF+\TPdfPlus.lng
			Rename $EXEDIR\App\TomahawkPDF+\TPdfPlus$0.lng $EXEDIR\App\TomahawkPDF+\TPdfPlus.lng			
!macroend

In the file "TomahawkPDF+Portable.ini" I pasted the following code:

[Language]
Base=%PAL:LanguageCustom%

But the automatic language switching don't work in the PortableApps.com Platform.
Has anyone an idea?

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January 22, 2012 - 4:44pm
Aluísio A. S. G.
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Wrong variable

Use PAL:LanguageCustom on the custom code, and PortableApps.comLocale* on the launcher.ini.

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January 23, 2012 - 7:54am
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same idea

On the last night I have thought a whole lot about the automatic language switching and other matters concerning TomahawkPDF+ Portable. I have also detected the little but important failure in my file TomahawkPDF+Portable.ini. Accordingly I altered the code as follows:

[Language]
Base=%PortableApps.comLanguageCode%

And now comes the good news: Now the automatic language switching works fine in the PortableApps.com Platform Smile

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January 22, 2012 - 4:48pm
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Missing a space?

First off, I think your missing a space in the fourth line, but that's not important.

Secondly, all you have to do is:

[FileWrite2]
File=%PAL:AppDir%\TomahawkPDF+\TPdfPlus.lng
Type=INI
Section=Options
Key=Language
Value=%PortableApps.comLocaleName%

And that will automatically set the language via PAM.

Also consider moving TPdfPlus into the Data directory and including a copy in DefaultData with English as the default language.

And I don't recommend including a + sign in App\TomahawkPDF, as it's kinda weird.

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January 22, 2012 - 8:12pm
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It's more complicated as

It's more complicated as TomahawkPDF acts kinda weird.
The TPdfPlus.lng is only created when a user changes the language. If it is not present, english is used. So, it is not needed in DefaultData.

The biggest problem is that TomahawkPDF produces an error message if the TPdfPlus.lng contains an entry that it cannot handle. Therefore the language switching has to be restricted to the set of languages supported by TaomahawkPDF.
The only solution I had in mind was to substitute every unsupported language with English (US) in the LanguageStrings section.

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January 23, 2012 - 7:56am
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not the solution

Your code don't work.

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January 23, 2012 - 3:18pm
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I found the solution - or

I found the solution - or better, I had it already but thought too complicated (once more Wink )... I'll post it in the Tomahawk thread.

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