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Overview
Configuring the User Groupware for the multilingual feature
Translation of user Groupware windows/pages
Translating the windows or pages for the multilingual applications
Running the application in the requested language

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User Groupware and multilingual application/site

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From version 18, the User Groupware evolves. This help page corresponds to the User Groupware kept for backward compatibility. To get this help page for the new version of the User Groupware, see User Groupware: Multilingual applications.

Overview

If your application is multilingual, it is also necessary to manage multilingualism in the user Groupware windows/pages.. By default, user Groupware windows/pages support English/American and French.

This help page explains how to:

Configure the User Groupware in order to use it in a multilingual application.
Translate user Groupware windows/pages.
Run the application in the requested language.

For more details, see Creating a multilingual application.

Configuring the User Groupware for the multilingual feature

To include the windows or pages of the User Groupware in a multilingual application:

Select "Workshop .. Configure the User Groupware".
Make sure that the following options are selected:
- Enable user Groupware management
- Custom integration
Check whether "Manual run" is checked.

Translation of user Groupware windows/pages

Translating the windows or pages for the multilingual applications

By default, user Groupware windows and pages are available in English and French.

To translate these windows or pages into other languages, simply translate the various labels, ... of these windows or pages (using the WDMSG tool if necessary to extract the messages to be translated).. WDMSG is an optional tool in WINDEV/WEBDEV/WINDEV Mobile that extracts and reintegrates all messages to be translated.

Running the application in the requested language

To run the multilingual application while managing the User Groupware, you must:

If necessary, ask the user for the language in which the application will be run (via a specific window or page for example).
Configure the runtime language of the application with Nation.
Open the first window or page for managing the User Groupware with gpwOpen.

// Code d'initialisation du projet
// ouverture de la fenêtre choix des langues
nLangue is int = Ouvre(FEN_Select_Langue)
// Configuration de la langue pour l'application
Nation(nLangue)
// Lancement de la première fenêtre du groupware utilisateur
gpwOpen()