How do I translate FileLocator Pro into a different language

Question

I notice that the latest version of FileLocator Pro supports French and German. Can I translate it into another language? Do you offer complimentary licenses in return for translation files?

Comments

And if i install portable version where i can find this lang-en.xml file?
In portable version this language files is missing and it's annoying when every time start program because there is no language to select.

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This bug has been fixed in v6.5 Build 1324 or higher.

Answer 1

Yes you can. Follow these steps:

1. Copy the current lang-en.xml file as the starting point for your translation file lang-??.xml, located in the installed config folder C:\Program Files\Mythicsoft\FileLocator Pro\config
2. Edit your translation file lang-??.xml using a product like Notepad++
3. Translate the strings
4. In FileLocator Pro open the Configuration->General->Localization dialog and pick your language (which is automatically loaded from all lang-*.xml files and based on the <translation lang="????" helplang="en"> line - where ???? specifies the displayed language name).

Things to keep in mind:

• The file must be kept in UTF-8 format.
• & indicates the Alt short-cut key for the item, e.g. text="&File" marks the F as the Alt short-cut key.
• FileLocator Pro uses the value of helplang to identify the help file location, e.g. if helplang="ru" it will look for the help file in the help\ru folder. The value can point to a different language than the actual translation language, eg you can have English help on a Polish translation.
• String resources can be either text or regex. Most are text and are treated literally. Any marked as regex are matched as a regular expression.
• It can be difficult to know how or where a translation is used. Please do not hesitate to contact Tech Support for more information.
• If you'd like a complimentary FileLocator Pro license in return for translating please contact Mythicsoft before you start translating.

Date/Time handling:

Resources 400-414 are use for parsing date/time input:
http://help.mythicsoft.com/filelocatorpro/en/datetime_selection.htm

<res id="400" regex="start" />         <!-- As in Start of the week -->
<res id="401" regex="today" />         <!-- The current day the search is started -->
<res id="402" regex="now" />           <!-- The current time the search is started -->
<res id="403" regex="s.*" />           <!-- Seconds, e.g. 3s is a valid truncation of 3secs -->
<res id="404" regex="mi.*" />          <!-- Minutes -->
<res id="405" regex="mo.*" />          <!-- Months -->
<res id="406" regex="h.*" />           <!-- Hours -->
<res id="407" regex="d.*" />           <!-- Days -->
<res id="408" regex="w.*" />           <!-- Weeks -->
<res id="409" regex="y.*" />           <!-- Years -->

<!-- Relative Date - can be something like "Today" or "Start of this week" or "Start wk" -->
<res id="410" regex="\b(today)|(start|end) *(?: +(?:the|of|this))* +(w|mo|y)[a-z]*" />

<!-- Relative Time - can be something like "Now" or "Start of the day" or "Start day" -->
<res id="411" regex="\b(now)|(start|end) *(?: +(?:the|of|this))* +(mi|h|d)[a-z]*" />

<!-- Date adjustment - can be something like "+ 2 Days" or "+2d" -->
<res id="412" regex="([+-]) *([0-9]+) *(d|w|mo|y)[a-z]*" />

<!-- Time adjustment - can be something like "+ 2 Hours" or "+2h" -->
<res id="413" regex="([+-]) *([0-9]+) *(s|mi|h)[a-z]*" />

<!-- Absolute time - can be something like "9pm" or "9:14:23"-->
<res id="414" regex="\b[0-9]+(?: *(am|pm)|(?:[:][0-9]+)+) *(am|pm)?\b" />