Dialog, Message, and MenuBar Text Translations

The host maintains all text that is displayed by the VIP product suite in the help module OOWSMSGS. This includes text that appears in dialog boxes, message boxes, error messages, and menubars. Since this is a standard Dictionary-IV help module, you can maintain up to 12 different spoken language versions.

For example, on one workstation all text can be displayed in English, while on another workstation connected to the same host all text can be displayed in Spanish. For more information on Multi-Language help definitions see the Dictionary-IV Administrator Guide.

On the workstation the OOWSMSGS definition is cached as:

vip-data-path\MessagePool\MP-langcode-last-change-date-and-time

For example, MP-EN-043003183006 would refer to English with a last change date of April 30, 2003 and time of 6:30:06pm (translated to the 24-hour clock).

Note

Do not modify the cached version; all modifications should be made to the master on the host.

When you execute VIP, the Message Pool file on the host is compared to the Message Pool file cached on the workstation.

• If the last change date and time on the host does not match the date and time stamp on the workstation, the host updates the MessagePool cached on the workstation.
• If the spoken language version on the host does not match the language code on the workstation, the host updates the MessagePool cached on the workstation.

The layout of OOWSMSGS is similar to any standard Windows .ini file. It contains section names in square brackets [section-name]. Each section contains one or more entries. The first part of an entry is the key name. In this case all key names are 10 characters where the last character is the equal sign (=). Entries are read from the OOWSMSGS definition by a combination of a section name and key name. For this reason, you cannot add, delete, or alter section names or key names. You can only alter the text following the 10-character key name.

OOWSMSGS contains two sections for each component that makes up the VIP product suite. One section contains text used for dialog boxes and menu bars. The second section contains text used for displaying error messages. For example, the TbredComm product makes use of [TBREDCOM] and [TBREDCOM-ERROR] sections. In addition, most components also make use of [GENERAL] and [GENERAL-ERROR] sections.

The following list identifies section names and their corresponding components:

[GENERAL], [GENERAL-ERROR]         All components of the VIP product
                                   suite.
[GSE],[GSE-ERROR]                  VIP Graphic Screen Editor
[TWMGR],[TWMGR-ERROR]              WorkStation Manager
[SETMSG],[SETMSG-ERROR]            VIP
[SETMENU],[SETMENU-ERROR]          VIP
[STARTBASIC],[STARTBASIC-ERROR]    VIP
[RPS],[RPS-ERROR]                  TS ReportServer
[INVOKE],[INVOKE-ERROR]            VIP
[SELECTMENU],[SELECTMENU-ERROR]    VIP
[VLM],[VLM-ERROR]                  Version Manager (WorkStation Manager)
[TBREDCOM],[TBREDCOM-ERROR]        TbredComm
[VIP],[VIP-ERROR]                  VIP
[TBCFG],[TBCFG-ERROR]              VIP/WorkStationManger ToolBar
                                   Maintenance

The following

is an example of valid translation values for OOWSMSGS.

English

French

[GENERAL]             [GENERAL]
GENM00001=NO          GENM00001=NON
GENM00002=YES         GENM00002=OUI
GENM00003=CHR         GENM00003=CHR
GENM00004=VIP         GENM00004=VIP

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