Translating Web Dynpro Standard Components texts ?

Question

Hello
I am testing NWDW 7.0 SP3 and i want to make a Web application in my own language (Serbian, Serbo - Croatian).
I have found a lot of documentation about creating international Web Dynpro applications where developers can translate their own texts and messages, but i am interested in translating standard texts and messages in Web Dynpro components (Like months, errors in validation, etc.). How can i create my own MessageBundle.properties file for NW app server 7.0 and use it for my language, or maybe use some other translations and change only messages that i want in that translation?

Answer 1

Hi,
The Internationalization Service of the Web Dynpro Runtime Services supports this PropertyResourceBundle concept and allows easy access to the classes java.util.ResourceBundle and java.text.format. With the class com.sap.tc.webdynpro.services.sal.localization.api.WDResourceHandler, you can read the language-specific text elements using the following source code:
// Load the resource bundle u201CMyResourceBundle.propertiesu201D located
// in the package u201Ccom.sap.testu201D for locale set in the resource handler.
// Therefore, the resource handler also needs the classloader that has
// the package u201Ccom.sap.testu201D in its scope
resourceHandler.loadResourceBundle(u201Ccom.sap.test.MyResourceBundleu201D, this.getClass() );
// get the message of the u201Cpress saveu201D button
String saveMessage = resourceHandler.getString( u201Cpress_saveu201D );
Example of a Properties File
A properties file contains simple name/value pairs for a specific language ID, as the following example of a properties file ResourceTest.properties (generated automatically by the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio) shows:
Resource bundle for Test
message pool
message.error1 = Runtime error
message.warning1 = You have to re-deploy your application!
view TestViewInternationalization
view.TestViewInternationalization.DefaultTextView.text = Hello World!
Regards,
Sunaina Reddy T