Language creation

Note

If you are looking for old methods of language file creation/modification, open this link

1. Start language creation

• Open Settings > Language > Language development tools

2. Open GUI language editor

3. Toolbar

• Open from: it will open a dialog to pick up a language file

• Generate new (English) and open it: it will generate a new English language file in location you will choose and open it

• Generate new (English) only: it will generate a new English language file in location you will choose without opening it

• Change font preview: it will change font for text (translation) entries for a better accessibility

4. Language file information

• You can input here language name and code, translator name, translation version, specify language for a WinPaletter version and change layout

5. Edit global string

• These are strings that can be translated, mostly used in messages and dialogs (strings written in application's code but not application's designer)

• Red color means that text entry is not translated

• You can search here for a text

• You can extend search scope here

• You can replace text by this button

6. Forms strings

• WinPaletter will load instances of all application's forms into memory so that you can modify text and see them properly

• When this loading finishes, you can pickup a form you want to modify and open it

• This is the appearance of form with all text items (Red colors mean that text entries are not translated)

• Click on a text item (rectangle) to edit it in the right sidebar

• When you finish item text change, you will see that red color has gone

• You can search here for text

• You can replace text by this button

• Close the child (mini) form when you finish its translation

• Repeat previous steps with rest forms

7. Actions

• You can save by save button into current open file, or cancel without doing modifications to current open file

8. Upload Your Language File to GitHub

• Click here to learn about language file upload