Catalogs

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Catalogs

Catalogs make it possible to create texts for interfaces in multiple languages. A catalog is a text file with a number of lookup keys, each of which contains a translation of a specific phrase. In this way it is possible to create a simulation in multiple languages in a single file. To create a catalog file, act as follows.

1.	In your file browser, go to your applications directory (e.g. c:\Program Files\SimQuest\apps).

2.	Look up the resource directory (e.g. application.res) of the application you want to make a catalog for.

3.	In this directory, go to the catalogs folder.

4.	Go to the folder of the language of your catalog: de (German), dk (Danish), en (English), es (Spanish), fr (French), nl (Dutch) or sv (Swedish).

5.	In this folder, create a new text file called timon.lbl. Edit the file.

6.	Copy-paste the next part into the text file:

"SERVIVE English catalogue file"

encoding: #ASCII

catalog: #motionLbl

cacheSize: 500

7.	Now you can add entries (lookup keys) to your catalog file, for example:

a = 'acceleration'

t = 'time'

v = 'velocity'

8.	To use the catalog entries an interface, you must link them to for instance a label. To do so:

•	Edit the label in an interface or animation.

•	Go to the Basics tab sheet.

•	In the Lookup key field, enter the name of the variable you created in your catalog file, preceded by an # symbol. For instance #a or #t.

catalogs

Adding a Lookup key to a label.

9.	It may be that you first have to update the language catalogs before the new entries in the catalog field are displayed correctly in the application. To do so:

•	Go to the Tools menu.

•	Click Update Language Catalogs.

If you did everything correctly, the translations should be displayed when you change the language to the language of your catalog (e.g. english, as in the example).

Changing the Catalogs directory

1.	In the SimQuest Authoring Environment, go to the Tools menu.

2.	Choose Preferences.

3.	On the Path Preferences tab sheet, type a new Catalog Path.

4.	Click Apply.

5.	Click Close.