[SOLVED] Translations in static library and their usage

David_Gil

Hi!

I have made a static library named QAstrologyLib, and I have translated the few strings it has into Catalan. Then I have written a little program that uses this library.

I thought that the translations would be automatically included into the static library, but I have to point where they are, otherwise it doesn't find the translation:

@int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);
QTranslator translator;
translator.load("/home/david/devel/QASTROLOGYLIB/src/qastrologylib_ca");
app.installTranslator(&translator);
EphemerisList ephemerisList;
ephemerisList.show();
return app.exec();
}@

I could insert the translations as resources in the library, but then, what's the path I have to use from the program to load the translation, since they are the library's resources?

Thank you very much!

messi

Hi David,
an absolute path in your program is not a good design strategy. And why did you create an static lib instead of a dynamic lib?

As you mention it would be better to add the translation file as resource. The URL is quite simple.
Same like icons. ":/MyTranslations/qastrologylib_ca.qm"

/MyTranslation/ is the prefix which you can choose freely.

Best regards

David_Gil

Hi!

I created a static lib because it's so small and new that I can't expect anyone to have it installed. For some time, I want to be able to deploy my programs in one single file.

I have added the translation files as resources in the QAstrologyLib project, with the prefix "/" and the name of the qrc file "i18n.qrc".

Then, I discovered that I have to use "Q_INIT_RESOURCE":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qdir.html#Q_INIT_RESOURCE

@#include <QApplication>
#include <QTranslator>

#include <QDebug>
#include "ephemerislist.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);
Q_INIT_RESOURCE(i18n);

QTranslator translator;
qDebug() << translator.load(":/qastrologylib_ca");
app.installTranslator(&translator);

EphemerisList ephemerisList;
ephemerisList.show();

return app.exec();

}@

Thank you for your advice :-)

David Gil