JADE Translator Utility

The JADE Translator utility is installed in your database (system) directory as part of the JADE installation process, to enable you to translate strings or forms as a separate application from the JADE development environment.

We recommend that you do not use the JADE Translator utility to translate forms when the Schema class formsManagement property is set to FormsMngmt_Single_Single (1) or FormsMngmt_Single_Multi (2).

The default multiuser installation sets up the JADE MultiUser \ JADE Translator shortcut for the JADE Translator utility. The following table lists examples of the properties required to run the JADE Translator utility in multiuser mode.

Property Example
Command line d:\JADE\bin\jade.exe path=s:\jade\system app=JadeTranslator
Working directory d:\jade\bin

The following table lists examples of the properties required to run the JADE Translator utility in single user mode.

Property Example
Command line jade.exe path=c:\jade\system app=JadeTranslator server=singleUser
Working directory c:\jade\bin

Only one Jade Translator Schema/Locale Browser for the current schema can be open at any time. If a Jade Translator Schema/Locale Browser is already open for that schema, it is brought to the top when you select the Jade Translator program icon from your JADE program folder. However, you can have concurrent open Jade Translator Schema/Locale Browsers for different schemas in a development environment session.

If you have mapping logic on subclassed controls, other processes such as the JADE Painter, Translator utility, or the loading of schemas may also execute that logic.

The logic therefore may need to perform checks to determine if it is running in the user application environment, to ensure that exceptions are not generated in these other situations.

To access the Form Browser from the JADE Translator utility

  1. Select the Jade Translator program icon from your JADE program folder, to run the standalone JADE Translator utility. The Jade Translator sign-on dialog is then displayed.

  2. Specify another user identifier in the User Id text box, if required.

  3. Specify the name of your JADE password in the Password text box, if required. As this is a hidden text box for security reasons, each character is represented by an asterisk (*).

  4. Click the OK button. (Alternatively, click the Exit button to exit from JADE.)

    If you have specified a valid user identifier and optional password, the Jade Translator Schema Browser window is then displayed, as shown in the following image.

  5. In the Schemas list box, select the schema whose strings or forms you want to translate.

  6. Click the Strings button if you want to translate strings. If there are strings available for translation in the selected schema, the String Browser for the selected schema and locale is then displayed. For more details, see "Translating Strings", earlier in this chapter.

    Alternatively, click the Forms button if you want to translate forms. The Form Browser for the selected schema and locale is then displayed. For more details, see "Translating Forms", earlier in this chapter.