Howto Localize Zimlets?

[ClausA]

Hi,

How can zimlets be localized? I need localized texts for e.g. "<toolTipText>" in <zimlet_name>.xml.

The "Zimbra Zimlet Whitepaper.pdf" mentions localization, but doesn't give any useful examples. Google was of no help either!

I have tried the following in <zimlet_name>.xml:

<zimletPanelItem label="${msg.titel}" icon="Security-panelIcon">
            <toolTipText>${msg.tooltip}</toolTipText>
</zimletPanelItem>

and add a <zimlet_name>.properties file to the <zimlet_name> zimlet, with the following content:

tooltip = "My localized tooltip"
titel = "My localized title"

Obvioulsy I'm doing something wrong, because this doesn't work.

Could someone show how to accomplish the above?

[JoshuaPrismon]

Originally Posted by ClausA

Hi,

How can zimlets be localized? I need localized texts for e.g. "<toolTipText>" in <zimlet_name>.xml.

The "Zimbra Zimlet Whitepaper.pdf" mentions localization, but doesn't give any useful examples. Google was of no help either!

I have tried the following in <zimlet_name>.xml:

<zimletPanelItem label="${msg.titel}" icon="Security-panelIcon">
            <toolTipText>${msg.tooltip}</toolTipText>
</zimletPanelItem>

and add a <zimlet_name>.properties file to the <zimlet_name> zimlet, with the following content:

tooltip = "My localized tooltip"
titel = "My localized title"

Obvioulsy I'm doing something wrong, because this doesn't work.

Could someone show how to accomplish the above?

Did you try putting this in under firebug, and seeing if there was a attempt to fetch the .properties file from the server?

[ClausA]

For the archive:

Things are working now :-)

Remember to add the following to the <zimlet_name>.xml file:

<include><zimlet_name>.properties</include>
<include><zimlet_name>_da.properties</include>
<include><zimlet_name>_de.properties</include>

(and so forth for each language file)

Also note that the double quotes (") in the proterties-files should be omitted:

tooltip = My localized tooltip
titel = My localized title

Thanks to JoshuaPrismon for hinting FireBug :-)