Setting Up the External Translation Manager
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If you or your translator do not have the RAD Studio IDE, you can use the stand-alone External Translation Manager to localize your applications.
To use the External Translation Manager as a stand-alone application, you need to copy the External Translation Manager files to your computer and register the required *.bpl
files in the External Translation Manager.
To install the External Translation Manager
- Create a directory, such as
C:\ETM
, for the External Translation Manager files.
- Copy the following External Translation Manager files from the computer with the installed RAD Studio IDE (the developer's computer) into the created directory.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\18.0\Bin
from this directory, copy the following required files:- and copy any of the following optional files that you want:
- From the appropriate platform-specific directory, such as
C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\18.0\Bin64
for 64-bit Windows, copy the following required files: - and copy any of the following optional files:
etm.exe - the main External Translation Manager executable file designide240.bpl dfm240.bpl itecore240.bpl rc240.bpl vclide240.bpl
dcl31w240.bpl dclact240.bpl dclado240.bpl dclbcbsmp240.bpl dclbde240.bpl dclDataSnapIndy10ServerTransport240.bpl dclDataSnapProviderClient240.bpl dclDataSnapServer240.bpl dcldb240.bpl dcldbx240.bpl dcldbxcds240.bpl dclib240.bpl dclIe240.bpl dclIndyCore240.bpl dclIndyProtocols240.bpl dclmcn240.bpl dclmid240.bpl dclnet240.bpl dclribbon240.bpl dclsmp240.bpl dclstd240.bpl dclTee8240.bpl dcltouch240.bpl dclwbm240.bpl
rtl240.bpl vcl240.bpl vclactnband240.bpl vclimg240.bpl vclx240.bpl xmlrtl240.bpl
*240.bpl
- Run the External Translation Manager. From Windows Explorer, double-click
etm.exe
. From the command line, enteretm
. - In ETM, choose Tools > Options > Packages.
- Click the Add button to display the Open dialog box.
- Navigate to the
C:\ETM
directory that contains the External Translation Manager files. Make sure that the Files of type filter is set toDesigntime packages (dcl*.bpl)
. - Select all of the design-time packages (dcl*.bpl files) in the directory and click OK.
The design-time packages are registered and you can now begin using the External Translation Manager.
To set up the project to be translated
- Run the Resource DLL Wizard on your project to generate the resource DLL projects for each language in the localization. The files generated for each resource DLL project are saved in a directory named after the language. For example, for a project group saved in C:\MyProjects, the Afrikaan translation root directory is C:\MyProjects\AFK.
- Obtain or prepare a zipped translation kit of the project to be translated and give the kit to the person who will translate your project. The kit should include the following:
- A resource DLL for each language to be translated.
- The
.dproj
project file generated by using File > Save as in the External Translation Manager project. - The stand-alone translation repository (
*.tmx
) files.
- The translator should unzip the translation kit into the chosen directory on the translator's system.