Localization of a library

soroush

I should also mention that, If you're re-implementing changeEvent(QEvent *e) and you tend to use texts from library in your GUI, you will have two sources for translation. This will prevent your application from extracting text correctly.

realdarkman

The german.qm is compiled in the lib as resource. The hard coded path above was a test. How can I load german.qm from library resource to load & install the translation? Is there a way?

soroush

Hmmm
You're doing it from hard way!
Ask your library to give you binary data of her translation file (contents of .qm embedded in your library).
Create a QTranslator in your application. "Load your binary data":http://doc-snapshot.qt-project.org/4.8/qtranslator.html#load-3:
@translator.load ( const uchar * data, int len)@
Install your translator to QApplication (outside library)

realdarkman

Still a little problem: The data of german.qm from lib resource is compressed, so I need to use

@QByteArray qUncompress(const uchar *data, int nbytes)@

But how do I get a const uchar* from the QByteArray for QTranslator::load?

goetz

It should be possible to load the translation directly from the ressource:

@
QTranslator trans;
trans.load(":/path/to/resource/german.qm");
@

soroush

@
QByteArray ba;
ba = ...
unsigned char data = (unsigned char) ba.data();
@

Volker's solution is better.

giesbert

[quote author="realdarkman" date="1338289960"]MyLib:

@
void MyLib::loadTranslation() {
QTranslator translator;
QTextCodec::setCodecForTr(QTextCodec::codecForName("utf8"));

translator.load("/home/chris/myLib/locale/german.qm");

QApplication::installTranslator(&translator);

}
@
[/quote]

As written earlier, you destroy the translator object after installing it directly. This will lead to no loaded translation again. You have to create it on the heap or create it in main and give it to the function.

realdarkman

The german.qm is a ressource of MyLib, Volker's solution will not work!? Or can I access the MyLib resources from MyApp?

Is there a better (C++) method to cast the ba.data()? I want to avoid C casts!

giesbert

Volkers solution should work if you don't destroy the translator object.

realdarkman

[quote author="Gerolf" date="1338366133"]You have to create it on the heap or create it in main and give it to the function.[/quote]

Create on heap? I give the translator to loadTranslation, but it doesn't work:

[quote]/usr/include/QtCore/qtranslator.h:94: error: 'QTranslator::QTranslator(const QTranslator&)' is private[/quote]

realdarkman

What is the path from MyApp to MyLip german.qm?

@
libTranslator.load(":/locale/german.qm")
libTranslator.load(":/mylib/locale/german.qm")
@

...both doesn't work!

giesbert

@
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication application(argc, argv);

QTranslator libTranslator;
...
MyLib::loadTranslation(libTranslator);
QApplication::installTranslator(&libTranslator);

...
return application.exec&#40;&#41;;

}

void loadTranslation(QTranslator& translator)
{
translator.load("/home/chris/myLib/locale/german.qm");
}
@

LoadTranslator must be exported from the dll.

The path to use for the load depends on your resource file. we can't tell you.

realdarkman

Ok, I made it so, Gerolf! Unfortunately, same behavior: MyApp german, but MyLib english strings/forms!

libTranslator.load(...) returns true ... I despair soon!

realdarkman

With local file on hdd it works:

@translator.load("/home/chris/mylib/locale/german.qm")@

but if I use the resource, it doesn't work:

@translator.load(":/locale/german.qm")@

Both returns true! (?)

goetz

Your library needs to incorporate the resource file of the library. In order to not clash with names in your application, it's a good idea to put those resources into a virtual directory in the resources, e.g

@
:/mylibrary/locale/german.qm
@

Also, it may be necessary to explicitly initialize the library's ressources with "Q_INIT_RESOURCE":/doc/qt-4.8/qdir.html#Q_INIT_RESOURCE. The "Qt Resource System docs":/doc/qt-4.8/resources.html have some infos on that topic too (look at the end of the page).

realdarkman

It works now, thanks!

@all:
Big thanks for your help! You're great!

Last thing: I load the Qt translations (qt_de.qm) in MyApp, must this be done also in MyLib for Qt strings (error messages etc.) in the library?

goetz

You're welcome - that's what this forums are made for :-)
Please make sure to add [solved] to the title of the topic (the edit link is at the very first post).

Regarding your last question:
No, it's only needed in the application itself.

realdarkman

Ok, but Qt error strings are english only, allthough qt_de.qm is loaded! This returns an english message (it's in the library):

@QIODevice::errorString()@

...or are these strings english only?

giesbert

AFAIK, these translations are only for UI stuff like dialogs etc.
Not for error strings, which you typically do not directly display to the end user.

realdarkman

Ok, but I found translations in qt_de.ts for error messages! I load qt_de.qm in MyApp, but my library doesn't use it! If I load qt_de.qm in MyLib, strings are still in english! Any special options to load it for libraries?