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Example: Create Localized Settings Trees

You might want to use the fifth parameter of the Option command for the following reasons:

• Eliminates the need to generate language-specific templates to test foreign languages.
• Eliminates the need to have separate templates for each language even though the settings are the same.

Settings trees generated by CA DMM scripts do not use language-independent reference names. As a result, DMM Templates are created with a language-dependant Settings tree references. This causes a problem when the strings of a script are translated to a different language as the templates can no longer select settings.

Using the fifth parameter you can create a unique reference name (for example, background) that is independent of the locale-dependant version of the display name (for example, Bildschirmmaske) so that templates are based on reference names, not display names.

The fifth parameter specifies a language-independent reference name. The path currently used to create the option becomes the display name parameter.

Sample script code:

var g_SettingsDisplayPath = "MS Word/Settings";

function PrepareLanguages()
{
     // don't need to check for english because the global strings default to english.
     if (LANGUAGE == 'ger')
     {
          g_SettingsDisplayPath = "MS Word (german)/Settings";
     }
     else if (LANGUAGE == 'jpn')
     {
          g_SettingsDisplayPath = "MS Word (japanese)/Settings";
     }
}

function Detection()
{
     PrepareLanguages();
     
     Option(g_SettingsDisplayPath, "Store", "Apply", "", "msword/settings");
}