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Creating a New Resource Bundle</H3> 88 <P><B>Things to Consider</B></P> 89 <P>A resource bundle in terms of this application is a group of property 90 files with the same base class name. For instance, the resource bundle 91 for RB Manager includes files: <code>RBManager.properties</CODE>, <code>RBManager_de.properties</CODE>, 92 <code>RBManger_fi.properties</CODE>, etc. In future versions of the program, 93 RB Manager will be extended to support importing and exporting data from 94 other language translations schemas such as the XML internationalization 95 standard, TMX.</P> 96 <P>You can have as many Resource Bundles as you like for an application, 97 though most teams choose to work with just one. RB Manager allows you 98 to work on one resource bundle at a time, editing either individual translation 99 files or groups of translation files within the bundle. When you create 100 a resource bundle you will be creating the base class translation file 101 for that bundle. Other files can be added at any time later. The base 102 class translation file provides a default translation in case locales 103 are not specified or a resource translation file does not exist for the 104 locale that is specified.</P> 105 <P>You will have to choose a base class name for the resource bundle. That 106 name may have no white spaces and no underscores, and it should remind 107 you in some way of the project or function to which it is attached. You 108 will also have to enter a name for the person or people in charge of managing 109 the resource bundle.</P> 110 <P><B>Creating the Resource Bundle</B></P> 111 <P>From the File menu, select 'New Resource Bundle...' You will be prompted 112 to enter the base class name. If you enter a properly formatted name, 113 the tree display on the lower left will change to reflect the name you 114 entered. Click on the name of your resource bundle, and make sure the 115 'Statistics' tab is selected. You should see something like the following:</P> 116 <P><IMG SRC="../images/screenshots/new_bundle.gif" WIDTH="552" HEIGHT="385"></P> 117 <P>The only resource file you have is that of the base class. Select the 118 '(Base Class)' node of the tree by clicking on it. You should now see 119 the following:</P> 120 <P><IMG SRC="../images/screenshots/new_baseclass.gif" WIDTH="676" HEIGHT="511"></P> 121 <P>The fields represented here have no bearing on how the translations will 122 work in your application, but give RBManager some metadata to better organize 123 the file. Resource Title should be a short title that represents this 124 file, such as 'RBTutorial Base Class'. You can enter any comment and file 125 manager value you like. The language, country, and variant fields provide 126 a place for listing the full name of the language, country, and variant 127 so that you do not have to rely on two or three letter encodings. You 128 can also leave these fields blank if they are not relevant. Once you have 129 entered these values in, finalize them by pressing the 'Update' button.</P> 130 <P><A HREF="step1.html">Back to Step 1</A> -or- <A HREF="step3.html">Forward 131 to Step 3</A></P> 132 <!-- #EndEditable --></TD> 133 </TR> 134 <TR> 135 <TD BACKGROUND="../images/template_ll.gif" HEIGHT="40" WIDTH="200"> 136 <!-- Comment --> 137 </TD> 138 <TD WIDTH="80"> 139 <!-- Comment --> 140 </TD> 141 <TD> 142 <CENTER><SPAN CLASS="Copyright">Copyright 2000-2001 International Business Machines, All Rights Reserved</SPAN></CENTER> 143 </TD> 144 </TR> 145</TABLE> 146 147</BODY> 148<!-- #EndTemplate --></HTML> 149
