I'm a beginner in Delphi but I need to add multiple other languages support to current application.
Projects->Languages->Add(languages) does not work in my version of Delphi and gives these errors on compiling:
[Error] E1026 File not found: 'vcl\DBLOGDLG.dfm'
[Error] E1026 File not found: 'vcl\DBPWDLG.dfm'
I tried creating my own translation by adding them to [root]/lang/ en.rc , lt.rc, lv.rc
Example of lang.rc
STRINGTABLE
BEGIN
telefon_monitor L"Phone Monitoring"
koned L"Calls"
alates L"From"
kuni L"Until"
vali_numbrid L"Choose numbers"
otsi L"Search"
tolgi L"Translate"
satted L"Settings"
salvesta L"Save"
lisa_rida L"Add row"
END
I have no idea how to read them.
Does anyone have any better idea how to load translations?
What I want to do is, read config.ini [language] section and based that display translation from .rc file or some better extensions.
Could not use github.com/albertodev01/TLanguages on Delphi XE2 which sucks.
I ended up creating a translation.json file and overwrite default values on Application.FormCreate plus made language toggle system
{ "en_EN":{ "hello":"Hello!" },
"lv_LT":{ "hello":"Hi!" }
}
PS! Parsing nested json in older Delphi is something else.
Related
I have added text file with following content to the project:
1 24 "MyApplication.manifest"
In the same folder there is also MyApplication.manifest file which is XML - this one:
C++ Builder / Delphi 2010 application manifest template
After I attempt to build resource from RC I get error - Bad character in source input(1)
Any ideas why?
RT_MANIFEST value is 24, but I am unsure what 1 is supposed to be.
I managed to find the answer myself so no answer necessary. The problem was, as usual very obscure.
Turned out that the resource script file (.RC) I was using had an UTF-8 byte order mark in the file (0xEF,0xBB,0xBF) which was invisible to the text editor but resource compiler complained about it. After removing the BOM resource compiled correctly.
I don't think many people fall into this trap but at least if anyone else sees this error in resource compiler, you should examine if there is an UTF-8 BOM in your file by viewing HEX-dump of RC file because brcc32.exe resource compiler seems to have issues with that.
I was able to compile and run an .exe built in XP Mode with Visual Studio 2003. I then noticed the version of the source I was using was not up to date (based on a version number string). So I did a "Get Latest Version (Recursion)"
That gave me the correct version number, but also over 100 Build Errors, of thes types:
Two of these, but 2-clicking them goes nowhere:
"Error reading resources from the resource file for the default culture: Invalid ResX input. Could not find valid "resheader" tags for the .NET Compact Framework ResX reader & writer type names. Make sure this Resx file is a .NET Compact Framework Resx file."
Dozens of these; 2-clicking them also takes me nowhere:
"Object type cannot be converted to target type."
10 or a dozen of these:
"Resource transformation for file 'frmAbout.resx' failed. Invalid ResX input. Could not find valid "resheader" tags for the .NET Compact Framework ResX reader & writer type names. Make sure this Resx file is a .NET Compact Framework Resx file."
2-clicking those gave me this nice "Data for Data" grid:
Finally, several like this:
"'PDAClient.PrinterPickerForm' does not contain a definition for 'AutoScaleMode'"
...which take me to code like this:
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Inherit;
Why would simply getting the latest version of code cause all this mayhem?
What is dn file?
why is delphi loooking for a file that should not be there(well I didn't create one)?
and how could it be fixed (compile)?
The error was generated after adding into existing project, a new file.
It seems that for some ODD reason, the auto added macro was gibberish and looked like this:
{$R *.dn}
in the new file that was added.
and also in the dpr file there was a mess with macros.
Changing it back to default solved it.
I'm looking for a ready-to-use piece of code that would be able to read and modify Delphi .res files. The thing is that I need to create an application that will be compiling many Delphi projects at once (using the dcc32.exe file). However, it is necessary for me to change file version and language before compilation, and as far as I know, I have to modify the .res file to do that.
Have you come across any code that would give me an interface to .res files allowing me to modify the data contained in it? The thing is that I want to change only those two pieces of information keeping the rest unchanged. This is why I can't compile my own .res file based on a script.
An application executed from a command line would also be OK if it allows to be called with parameters and does what I need it to do.
Thank you very in advance!
If all you need is to add file version resource then create appver.rc file, compile it with brcc32 and in one of your app unit (for example appver.pas) add {$R appver.res} (as Marian noticed you must turn off Delphi project option to include version info).
I created command line programs that increase build numbers in .rc file, create new branch/tag in SVN with new version in branch name, compiles .rc to .res, and build application.
My .rc files with such info (Polish language) looks like:
#define IDR_VERSION1 1
IDR_VERSION1 VERSIONINFO LOADONCALL MOVEABLE DISCARDABLE IMPURE
FILEVERSION 7,28,7,17
PRODUCTVERSION 7,28,7,17
FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
FILEFLAGS 0
FILEOS VOS_DOS_WINDOWS32
FILETYPE VFT_DLL
FILESUBTYPE 0
{
BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
{
BLOCK "041504E2"
{
VALUE "CompanyName", "xxx\0"
VALUE "FileDescription", "yyy\0"
VALUE "ProductName", "zzz\0"
VALUE "FileVersion", "7.28.7.17\0"
VALUE "ProductVersion", "7.28.7.17\0"
}
}
BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
{
VALUE "Translation", 0x0415, 1250
}
}
For all things .res, look at Colin Wilson's "XN Resource Editor", for which he provides the source code: http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/d10resourceeditor.htm
And probably all you need is his resource utility library:
http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/d9resourceutils.htm
I haven't used this source, but if I needed it, that's the first place I'd look. His resource editor is very useful, btw.
There is ChangeRes which seems to match your needs.
Check out sources:
http://code.google.com/p/gedemin/source/browse/trunk#trunk/Gedemin/Utility/IncVerRC
It is our utility which reads .RC file with version information and increments build number. We use it inside our build process. Here is an excerpt:
incverrc.exe ..\gedemin\gedemin.rc
"%delphi_path%\brcc32.exe" -fogedemin.res -i..\images gedemin.rc
"%delphi_path%\dcc32.exe" -b gedemin.dpr
The utility uses TIncVerRc class written by Chris Morris.
Check Resource Tuner Console on www.heaventools.com. They position that product for tasks like yours. Also there's a free rcstamp tool on CodeProject.
My program written with Delphi 7 compiles OK, but when I run it it gives me the error message:
Project1.Exe raised exception class EReadError with Message 'Property Persistence does Not Exist'. Process Stopped.
This only started after I installed the TMS Component Pack to use with this project. Thanks for any help.
Open the Form in Delphi IDE
Use Alt + F12 to edit the .DFM source
Search the "Persistence" property
Delete the line with "Persistence" property
DFM example:
SomeComponent1 = TSomeComponent
OtherProperty = OtherValue
Persistence = True
AnotherProperty = AnotherValue
end
Also you can use the great DFMCheck 1.4 tool, by Andreas Hausladen. To check any other missing property like that:
http://andy.jgknet.de/blog/?page_id=177
This is most likely caused by the compiled & installed package being out of sync with the actual .pas file. If you have source code then rebuilding the packages will probably fix it.
Set a breakpoint(F5) and step the program(F7/F8).Get to the location where you get that exception and then give us more information about it(show some code).
This error means that it's trying to load something (usually a form) from a DFM resource and it comes up with a value for a property that the component it's creating doesn't have.
If it only happened when you started using TMS components, the solution is simple: don't use them. Send as much information as you can about the error and the project that caused it to the authors and see if they can find a way to fix it. Until then, use something else.
If you're using text DFMs (right click on the form, check "Text DFM", save), you can use Search|Find in Files to find all instances of Persistence in your DFM files. Just set the search string to "Persistence" (I usually tell it to ignore case), the file mask to "*.dfm", and check the "All files in project" checkbox.
If you're not already using text DFMs and don't want to manually open all forms and check the box and then resave them, you can use CONVERT.EXE (in the ($DELPHI)\Bin folder) to convert them en-masse. Run CONVERT with no parameters from any command prompt to see the options. By default, CONVERT will save .DFM as .txt, but you can have it work in-place (rewriting the binary .DFM as the text .DFM) by using the -i switch. (I usually back up the .DFMs to a different folder first, then convert them. If no errors are reported, I can then delete the backed up .DFMs later.)
I had similar problem with TMS when I upgraded to a new version:
If you think that some particular component is causing the problem,
delete it , compile project without it, place it on the form/frame again.
If that doesn't work for you:
Things you need to do in order to fix the problem , so you can use Designer and new properties, because that's what you really want , don't you ? :-) :
Uninstall TMS Component Pack ( or whatever you're using )
Re-Install TMS Component Pack
Build & Install the packages
Add appropriate TMS .lib files to your Application Project ( I'm using C++ Builder )
Add appropriate TMS .pas files to your Application Project . For example I had a problem with TAdvSmoothCalendar component , so I've added the AdvSmoothCalender.pas to my project.
Cheers!
I hope it works for everyone with a similar problem :)
I had similar problem with nuiGui Delphi Framework,
To Solve this, create a include file with some properties and use it in your class.
/// include class 'Basic.inc'
private
function GetWidth: Integer;
published
property ClientHeight : Integer Read FHeight Write FHeight;
//property ClientWidth : Integer Read FWidth Write FWidth;
//property OldCreateOrder : Boolean Read FOldCreateOrder Write FOldCreateOrder;
end;
...
/// main class like this
TuMemoFrame = class(TUniFrame)
UniMemo1: TUniMemo;
UniMemo2: TUniMemo;
UniButton1: TUniButton;
procedure UniButton1Click(Sender: TObject);
private
public
{$Include Basic.inc } // <---
end;