.ts files not getting updated.

unzu

Hello everyone,

I am trying to write a simple sample program to test the QTranslator and the corresponding tools.
I have uploaded my progress to github.

The program compiles and cmake seems call the proper translation tools and finds my .ts files: The console output mentions something about generating the .qm files.

Generating Translation_de_DE.qm
[build]   Updating '***/Translation/.build/src/Translation_de_DE.qm'...
[build]       Generated 0 translation(s) (0 finished and 0 unfinished)
[build]   Generating Translation_en_150.qm
[build]   Updating '***/Translation/.build/src/Translation_en_150.qm'...
[build]       Generated 0 translation(s) (0 finished and 0 unfinished)

The code contains two occurrences of of the tr() function.
If I understand the documentation correctly, the translation tool should add two corresponding entries to both .ts files automatically so that I can edit and translate them manually.

I guess that I need to add something to my CMakeLists.txt that I am not aware of.

Thanks for your time and support!
Unzu

Christian Ehrlicher

So did yo actually built e.g. the target 'Translations_lupdate_' as written in the documentation?

unzu

@Christian-Ehrlicher said in .ts files not getting updated.:

built e.g. the target 'Translations_lupdate_'

Oh noes. I never did that.
I just checked the build directory, there are indeed those targets. I opened the generated solution with visual studio and manually built the targets and indeed - the missing translations now appear in the .ts files.

When building in VS Code, 'CMake Tools' builds the ALL_BUILD target. I wonder why it does not build the translation targets..?

Christian Ehrlicher

Because those target are not meant to be run every time so they're excluded from build all.

unzu

Ah I understand.
I even managed to add them manually via add_dependency in my CMakeLists to the main target and now they are build every single time.

Thanks for your support!