Export Industrial Graphic text strings from an application

If your application is intended to support run time language switching, you can export the text strings of its Industrial graphics to a dictionary file. You can then translate the strings within the dictionary file to other languages using a text editor, an XML editor, or a spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel or the Language Assistant.

When you export the graphic text strings, you must specify an output folder for the dictionary file. A best practice is to create a separate folder for each dictionary file whose strings will be translated into another language.

All exported dictionary files follow a naming convention: <AppFolderName>AA_<LanguageID>.xml. For example, if an application folder name is PumpStation and the language being exported is French (Language ID = 1036), then the file name is PumpStationAA_1036.xml.

If you will be exporting language strings for different objects at different times, use separate target folders to prevent subsequent exports from overwriting the first export.

Export Industrial Graphic text strings

1. Open the application in WindowMaker.

2. On the File menu, select Export, select Localization, and then select Industrial graphic translations.

   The Export Locale Data screen appears.

   

3. Configure the symbol text strings to export.

   • In the Languages to export list, select the check box for the language dictionary to export. The default language is not listed.

   • In the Select directory field, type the folder to which you want to export the dictionary file.

     You can also browse to select an existing folder or create a new folder.

4. Select Export.