07 Phrase File Document

.Phrase Fi Ie Document Purpose of this Docu.ent: Understanding what a phfase file is and how you use it to set up your menus and Alerts. Introduction: Phrase files are used by ToolKit applications to store written communication with the user in a place that allows it to be changed without regenerating the program that uses that written material. One important use of phrase files is to allow menus and alerts to translated to another language without the application that uses them being changed. This makes it easy to internationalize a ToolKit application. Host of the information in a ToolKit phrase file is the menus and alerts used by that application. b' Each ToolKit specific application must have its own phrase file to describe the menus and alerts that are used in that application. The ToolKit has a phrase file for the generic application. It is called PABC (it is the file TKIPABC.text on your boot volume). PABC contains all the alerts that are. generated by the generic application. It also contains standard menus, like the FilelPrint men~ that can be included in the list of menus in a specific application's phrase file. All specific application phrase files must include the generic application phrase file. Phrase files are generated using the Workshop editor. If the name of your specific application is 'FooSam', it will consist of at least the files: MFoOSam.text (Main Program) UFooSam.text (Clascal Interface) UFooSam2.text (elascal Implementation) PFooSam.text (Phrase file for this application) The easiest way to start editing a phrase file is to change an already existing one, like a phrase file from a ToolKit sample application. General for.at of a Phrase file: Ie will show you the fonmat of a phrase file using the following commented phrase file. The working contents of the phrase file are in bold print. • CO_ent lines can be placed If¥'hele and begin vi'th a';'. • The above line is the version IUIber tha't MISt utch the 'phraseVersion' Passed to TProcess. CONIlnee &Ness 0 is passed. This line MISt be F-esent. If the version IUIber does not AItCh 'phraseVersion'. the Toolkit vl11 issue an alert. 1 Blank lines are i.,..red. • ; J : 2_ . The above line is the IUIber of alerts to be etched.. use 3. ~ This above line is the uxillUR heap space needed for alerts of this file. • Try 2300 the fint tile. To get a fIOre refined value for this fUIber .. ; chick the screen after nmina the TWert progrll.. TWert is used to convert tp~ ·PFooSM. text' file into a binary phrase and . . . file. • : • • # The above line is • s~d include COfIMnd wch RUSt be~esent. includes the file 'pa. text' web contains standard a point.. Y(KI could also include standard Tool Kit Building files using ROre include CCNands. It At this ock Phrase ISIS. 1. lisIIIIrftl ; , ; ; ; . . . The tbOYt two 11ntS should IIVIYS be '1000', theft the naM of your .,llCltlGn ., ~ Mnt it soelled in ~ to the user. Other applic.tion .lerts cen be 1ncluded below here, …