Globalization in AIR Flex???

Question

Hi,
I am doing a AIR application with the new version of Flex
Builder, I need to do an application with different languages, like
Spanish, English, French and more.
Where I can see some example and how I can do it? I need to
translate labels, title panels, everything dynamically.
Then the user will choose the language for use the
application.
Regards,
evspeart

Answer 1

I don't have any source code, but I can see a way to do it...
Basically, create a function called
ChangeLanguage(PickLang:integer):void that runs on Application
creation complete, or with a button push, or whatever.
Inside of the function create either a select statement or a
nested if statement. select would be better, but I can't remember
the exact code to do it in AS3, so I'll revert to a PHP psudocode
to give you the idea
switch(PickLang){
case 1: //english
Application.Title = "Welcome!";
break;
case 2: //french
Application.Title = "Bonjiour!"; // pardon my french
break;
Its a bit clumsy, but it would work.
The other idea is to store all of the text for the labels in
a different XML file for each language. Then do something like the
above example to choose between the different bindable xml sources
depending on what the user picks. and have the label text feed off
of which ever XML file is returned. it would be a lot cleaner code
wise... just more complicated with the data handlers. Look up
examples for skinning, as that's pretty much what you'll be doing.
You'll have a french skin, and an english skin, etc...