Comments on: Adobe Flex 3: Load localization resources at runtime using XML

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:07:52 +0000

@Pascal Hi Pascal,

Thanks for pointing that out, I did not realize the update was happening automatically on the setting of the locale chain.

By: Pascal

Pascal — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:02:26 +0000

Hey Richard,

I have a question regarding the resourceManager.update(); If you set the localechain it already executes the update event so this class does the update function twice and it dispatches the change event two times.

Is there a reason for the resourceManager.update(); to execute in this class?

thanks in advance, pascal

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:44:49 +0000

Hi Richard,

I agree and wish there were better tooling for the localization effort. Take a look at this post, I personally don’t like the idea of explicitly defining a resource manager string lookup every single place I need to perform localization, so I take this approach: http://www.savage7.com/index.php/2009/08/adobe-flex-3-how-to-create-localized-ui-component-control/

Thanks -Robert

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:04:44 +0000

Reminds me of an alternate translation scheme from years ago in an MS-Access application.

Only 1 other idea: when you are sitting looking at source code label=”{resourceManager.getString(‘myResources’, ‘myLocalizedButton’)}”

It’d be nice to do an instant lookup from IDE to reassure yourself: “is this string what I think it is?”.

Or, a capability to insert/update a special format trailing comment… with the actual text in the default language ??

I am using FlashDevelop right now, that’s the thing about Flex is the variety of IDEs or source editors people use. But if it was an external executable, it could be used by most IDEs that can invoke a command line utility and capture output.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:02:01 +0000

Glad you like it! I’m sure there is room for improvement, but this code should provide a nice start for the runtime loading of resources.

Thanks for stopping by! -Robert

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:23:28 +0000

This is an awesome solution to this problem. I’ve never been satisfied with the traditional “compiled” resource bundle solution, especially when integrating with other technologies. I agree that the compiled solution is very fast, but it requires a recompilation each time there is a new language/locale added. I don’t find recompilation useful and feel it has haunted Flex for awhile now, especially if there is a need to localize at runtime.

Thanks and great work!