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changeset 36:c949727ec0e0
Re #22 - Make failing control translation cleaner for normal use
* Add extra Translate method for ITranslatables that takes a default text string
| author | IBBoard <dev@ibboard.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| date | Tue, 19 May 2009 19:55:21 +0000 |
| parents | 2b5e73cb83a3 |
| children | cc7fae81afec |
| files | Lang/Translation.cs |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/Lang/Translation.cs Tue May 19 19:35:34 2009 +0000 +++ b/Lang/Translation.cs Tue May 19 19:55:21 2009 +0000 @@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ } /// <summary> - /// Translate an <see cref="ITranslatable"/> item, with optional string replacement + /// Translate an <see cref="ITranslatable"/> item, with optional string replacement. If the translation + /// does not exist then a warning message will be used as the translated text. /// </summary> /// <param name="item"> /// A <see cref="ITranslatable"/> to set the text for @@ -341,13 +342,32 @@ /// </param> public static void Translate(ITranslatable item, params object[] replacements) { + Translate(item, (string)null, replacements); + } + + /// <summary> + /// Translate an <see cref="ITranslatable"/> item, with optional string replacement. The <code>defaultText</code> + /// can be used to specify an alternate translation. Passing <code>null</code> will result in a warning message + /// about a missing translation ID. + /// </summary> + /// <param name="item"> + /// A <see cref="ITranslatable"/> to set the text for + /// </param> + /// <param name="defaultText"> + /// The default string to display if no translation could be found. + /// </param> + /// <param name="replacements"> + /// A collection of <see cref="System.Object"/>s that will be used to fill place-holders + /// </param> + public static void Translate(ITranslatable item, string defaultText, params object[] replacements) + { if (item.Text == "" || item.Text == DIVIDER_STRING) { //it doesn't need translating - either there is no text from the developer or it's a hyphen for a divider return; } - - item.Text = GetTranslation(item.Name, replacements); + + item.Text = GetTranslation(item.Name, defaultText, replacements); } /// <summary>