Wish Resources manager "MS VS style"

[LucaMs]

I have just read this thread:
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4x-localizator-localize-your-b4x-applications.68751/

It is useful but not as much as this, which you certainly know:

(or as my wonderful tool, for which you can see the link in my signature, of course )


So, my (useless, as always) "Wish" is a tool like that, as part of the IDE.

 

[walt61]

+1

 

[Erel]

I think that the Excel solution is better. It allows you to see all the string resources in a single page. Excel is an excellent tool to maintain such a table.

 

[walt61]

Personally, for resources with a small number of items, I prefer the VS approach. For larger numbers, Excel is indeed more practical. Then again, not everybody uses Excel (or LibreOffice) but everybody does use the B4X IDE. Just my 2 cents...

 

[LucaMs]

The ideal would be to have "both", I think: that IDE functionality with possibility to import-export (also to CSV, for example, not only to Excel).

 

[walt61]

I would indeed find that ideal as well but can imagine that with the existing Excel option, Erel would consider it low priority (if he'd be willing to implement it). I currently use AHlocale in my apps which works fine, but having the option to edit things straight in the IDE instead of editing several 'strings.xml' files would be nice indeed.

 

[Deleted member 103]

I think that the Excel solution is better. It allows you to see all the string resources in a single page. Excel is an excellent tool to maintain such a table.

Erel, your solution looks good but complicated.
Why should the wheel be reinvented again and again if we could use the VS solution?
Everyone who comes from VS knows it and would immediately find the right.

 

[LucaMs]

Erel, your solution looks good but complicated.
Why should the wheel be reinvented again and again if we could use the VS solution?
Everyone who comes from VS knows it and would immediately find the right.

Adding export-import, so you can ask for help in translation (sending an Excel or CSV file)

 

[Eme Fibonacci]

I think that the Excel solution is better. It allows you to see all the string resources in a single page. Excel is an excellent tool to maintain such a table.

I adapted to read all worksheets. Each activity has a sheet with your strings. Easier to manage.

 

[LucaMs]

I adapted to read all worksheets. Each activity has a sheet with your strings. Easier to manage.

Do you mean that if you have 3 activities with a button which text is "Close" you have 3 worksheets with a row: "Close" "Chiudi" "Fermer"...
You could have "Close" in many places.

 

[Eme Fibonacci]

Do you mean that if you have 3 activities with a button which text is "Close" you have 3 worksheets with a row: "Close" "Chiudi" "Fermer"...
You could have "Close" in many places.

No. I have a worksheet: "common".
close, save, cancel ...

 

[Erel]

Why should the wheel be reinvented again and again if we could use the VS solution?

Not sure that I understand. How can you use the VS solution with B4X? The request here is to implement a similar interface in B4X.

 

[LucaMs]

Why should the wheel be reinvented again and again if we could use the VS solution?

Not sure that I understand. How can you use the VS solution with B4X? The request here is to implement a similar interface in B4X.

I think he meant:

"Why should the wheel be reinvented again and again if we could use the VS solution an interface similar to VS solution (same use, also)".

 

[Deleted member 103]

The request here is to implement a similar interface in B4X.

Exactly
The Excel solution but with the VS solution no similarity, right?

 

[LucaMs]

right?

Insomma... io non ho capito bene, meglio in italiano

Anyway, I think we are talking about the same topic:

Implement or not a solution like that of VS.

 

[LucaMs]

Implement or not a solution like that of VS.

With the "Excel solution" you have to:

1) create AND update the worksheet (taking in account the Excel version);
2) use a b4j sw to create (re-create for each worksheet update?) a SQLite DB
3) add this DB manually to your project.

VS solution is better, I think.

 

[Erel]

The Excel solution but with the VS solution no similarity, right?

B4X doesn't try to imitate Visual Studio. The Excel solution is simple and in my opinion better. I have nothing more to add to this thread.

 

[LucaMs]

I have to add more.

The "Excel" method is more convoluted and uses an external tool (the b4j converter).

The question is not to imitate this or that development tool; the question is to improve B4X; but if that does not interest Anywhere software, now it does not interest me, now!


This is also my last "Wish"; I do not want to help improve B4X, ALSO because I will not renew my license.

 

[Erel]

As I wrote, I think that the Excel solution is better.

 

[wimpie3]

You are the boss Erel, but most other professional packages don't rely on external commercial software to localize strings.