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\19.0\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\19.0\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 designide250.bpl dfm250.bpl itecore250.bpl rc250.bpl vclide250.bpl
dcl31w250.bpl dclact250.bpl dclado250.bpl dclbcbsmp250.bpl dclbde250.bpl dclDataSnapIndy10ServerTransport250.bpl dclDataSnapProviderClient250.bpl dclDataSnapServer250.bpl dcldb250.bpl dcldbx250.bpl dcldbxcds250.bpl dclib250.bpl dclIe250.bpl dclIndyCore250.bpl dclIndyProtocols250.bpl dclmcn250.bpl dclmid250.bpl dclnet250.bpl dclribbon250.bpl dclsmp250.bpl dclstd250.bpl dclTee8250.bpl dcltouch250.bpl dclwbm250.bpl
rtl250.bpl vcl250.bpl vclactnband250.bpl vclimg250.bpl vclx250.bpl xmlrtl250.bpl
*250.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.