How to load translation for static library widget
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hi,
theoretically if your lib is static (e.g. *.a or *.lib in win) that will be linked alongside the application that is using the lib.
Then, just use QApplication::translate(...) with the correct context and it will work.theoretically if your lib is static (e.g. *.a or *.lib in win) that will be linked alongside the application that is using the lib.
Then, just use QApplication::translate(...) with the correct context and it will work.Thanks, but this is not related to my question!
I already successfully created translation for the library but I don't know how to load it when I call the widget -
Hi,
You can use QTranslator like shown in the documentation. The fact that you don't do it in main is irrelevant. The only thing that you must ensure is that your widgets handle dynamic translation properly.
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Hi,
You can use QTranslator like shown in the documentation. The fact that you don't do it in main is irrelevant. The only thing that you must ensure is that your widgets handle dynamic translation properly.
@SGaist said:
You can use QTranslator like shown in the documentation. The fact that you don't do it in main is irrelevant. The only thing that you must ensure is that your widgets handle dynamic translation properly.
I didn't mention calling from main() !
My question is quite simple. How can I load *.qm from static library resource? as you can see below I can load *.qm easily from current project resource by using
":/"myTranslator->load(*local, QLatin1String("tester"), QLatin1String("_"), QLatin1String(":/i18n"))I aim to load translation from static library to be able to apply multiple translations as mentioned in QTranslator doc
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Hi
Maybe tryQDirIterator it(":", QDirIterator::Subdirectories); while (it.hasNext()) { qDebug() << it.next(); }to have a look how the files are named in the running exe to to verify
that they are indeed under ":/i18n" and paths are as you expect. -
@SGaist said:
You can use QTranslator like shown in the documentation. The fact that you don't do it in main is irrelevant. The only thing that you must ensure is that your widgets handle dynamic translation properly.
I didn't mention calling from main() !
My question is quite simple. How can I load *.qm from static library resource? as you can see below I can load *.qm easily from current project resource by using
":/"myTranslator->load(*local, QLatin1String("tester"), QLatin1String("_"), QLatin1String(":/i18n"))I aim to load translation from static library to be able to apply multiple translations as mentioned in QTranslator doc
My question is quite simple. How can I load *.qm from static library resource? as you can see below I can load *.qm easily from current project resource by using ":/"
You're asking the wrong question. Actually @SGaist and @AlterX have provided valuable feedback and you'd be wise to take it into account. I peeked into your repository and I'm pretty sure you're creating your translator wrongly. Did you notice this warning: "Note that the translator must be created before the application's widgets." in the documentation?
Kind regards.
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To add to @kshegunov , the note concerns the use of QTranslator shown in the example i.e. setup of the language at application startup and no support of dynamic translations.
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To add to @kshegunov , the note concerns the use of QTranslator shown in the example i.e. setup of the language at application startup and no support of dynamic translations.
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To add to @kshegunov , the note concerns the use of QTranslator shown in the example i.e. setup of the language at application startup and no support of dynamic translations.
@SGaist said:
To add to @kshegunov , the note concerns the use of QTranslator shown in the example i.e. setup of the language at application startup and no support of dynamic translations.
How the application doesn't support dynamic translations? Take a look into this line it calls
changeEventand if you run the app. you'll find thatTesterloads the translations dynamically correctly while it doesn't call translations for static library widget because I don't know how to do it! -
I tried to use
Q_INIT_RESOURCEas mentioned in this line but unfortunately it makes things worst. -
@SGaist said:
To add to @kshegunov , the note concerns the use of QTranslator shown in the example i.e. setup of the language at application startup and no support of dynamic translations.
How the application doesn't support dynamic translations? Take a look into this line it calls
changeEventand if you run the app. you'll find thatTesterloads the translations dynamically correctly while it doesn't call translations for static library widget because I don't know how to do it!How the application doesn't support dynamic translations?
He was referring to the note in the documentation I was citing, and was explaining that it is only relevant when there is no support for dynamic translation.
it doesn't call translations for static library widget because I don't know how to do it!
You do it, like you're doing it now. Here's the thing, a static library is nothing more then a bunch of .obj files put together. Linking a static library just includes them into your application's binary. This means, that there is nothing different between widgets that come from a static library and these declared in your application (see @AlterX's comment, he mentioned that). That's why I said you're asking the wrong question. Your translation loading looks perfectly fine to me, and it has nothing to do with static or dynamic libraries - you need to look elsewhere to solve the problem. Do you have any output in the creator's windows that might suggest your translation is not loaded? Do you get the "Failed to load a translation for QT in your local language" message printed?
I tried to use Q_INIT_RESOURCE as mentioned in this line but unfortunately it makes things worst.
Yes you should do that for all the resources in your static library. But according to this it should be placed in the beginning of
main().Kind regards.
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How the application doesn't support dynamic translations?
He was referring to the note in the documentation I was citing, and was explaining that it is only relevant when there is no support for dynamic translation.
it doesn't call translations for static library widget because I don't know how to do it!
You do it, like you're doing it now. Here's the thing, a static library is nothing more then a bunch of .obj files put together. Linking a static library just includes them into your application's binary. This means, that there is nothing different between widgets that come from a static library and these declared in your application (see @AlterX's comment, he mentioned that). That's why I said you're asking the wrong question. Your translation loading looks perfectly fine to me, and it has nothing to do with static or dynamic libraries - you need to look elsewhere to solve the problem. Do you have any output in the creator's windows that might suggest your translation is not loaded? Do you get the "Failed to load a translation for QT in your local language" message printed?
I tried to use Q_INIT_RESOURCE as mentioned in this line but unfortunately it makes things worst.
Yes you should do that for all the resources in your static library. But according to this it should be placed in the beginning of
main().Kind regards.
Do you have any output in the creator's windows that might suggest your translation is not loaded?
No
Do you get the "Failed to load a translation for QT in your local language" message printed?
No. I get
Failed to load translation from static libraryerror message! -
How the application doesn't support dynamic translations?
He was referring to the note in the documentation I was citing, and was explaining that it is only relevant when there is no support for dynamic translation.
it doesn't call translations for static library widget because I don't know how to do it!
You do it, like you're doing it now. Here's the thing, a static library is nothing more then a bunch of .obj files put together. Linking a static library just includes them into your application's binary. This means, that there is nothing different between widgets that come from a static library and these declared in your application (see @AlterX's comment, he mentioned that). That's why I said you're asking the wrong question. Your translation loading looks perfectly fine to me, and it has nothing to do with static or dynamic libraries - you need to look elsewhere to solve the problem. Do you have any output in the creator's windows that might suggest your translation is not loaded? Do you get the "Failed to load a translation for QT in your local language" message printed?
I tried to use Q_INIT_RESOURCE as mentioned in this line but unfortunately it makes things worst.
Yes you should do that for all the resources in your static library. But according to this it should be placed in the beginning of
main().Kind regards.
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@kshegunov said:
according to this it should be placed in the beginning of
main().I did that... still get same behavior.
Hello,
Something is amiss here, let's take it from the top. You said that you get the "Failed to load a translation for QT in your local language" message, but this message is to be shown when this fails:myTranslator->load(*local, QLatin1String("tester"), QLatin1String("_"), QLatin1String(":/i18n"))This particular line is in your application and tries to load an application translation, where does a static library resource come in play here? Could you tell what is the current language you're using and its iso code (you could use
QLocale::language()andQLocale::languageToString), and make sure there's a matching translation file?Kind regards.
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Hello,
Something is amiss here, let's take it from the top. You said that you get the "Failed to load a translation for QT in your local language" message, but this message is to be shown when this fails:myTranslator->load(*local, QLatin1String("tester"), QLatin1String("_"), QLatin1String(":/i18n"))This particular line is in your application and tries to load an application translation, where does a static library resource come in play here? Could you tell what is the current language you're using and its iso code (you could use
QLocale::language()andQLocale::languageToString), and make sure there's a matching translation file?Kind regards.
@kshegunov said:
Hello,
Something is amiss here, let's take it from the top. You said that you get the "Failed to load a translation for QT in your local language" message, but this message is to be shown when this fails:myTranslator->load(*local, QLatin1String("tester"), QLatin1String("_"), QLatin1String(":/i18n"))I didn't say that!
I said I getFailed to load translation from static librarywhich points tomyTranslator->load(":/languages/arabic")failure!where does a static library resource come in play here?
As I mentioned above this line suppose to load translation from static library's resource
Could you tell what is the current language you're using and its iso code
English; en_US
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@kshegunov said:
Hello,
Something is amiss here, let's take it from the top. You said that you get the "Failed to load a translation for QT in your local language" message, but this message is to be shown when this fails:myTranslator->load(*local, QLatin1String("tester"), QLatin1String("_"), QLatin1String(":/i18n"))I didn't say that!
I said I getFailed to load translation from static librarywhich points tomyTranslator->load(":/languages/arabic")failure!where does a static library resource come in play here?
As I mentioned above this line suppose to load translation from static library's resource
Could you tell what is the current language you're using and its iso code
English; en_US
I didn't say that!
I said I get Failed to load translation from static libraryIndeed you did, it's my mistake, sorry.
which points to myTranslator->load(":/languages/arabic") failure!
Could you verify that this file is available? For example what does
QFile::exists(":/languages/arabic")return, true or false? If the file exists then the problem is with the actual loading, if the file is not found, then I guess there's a problem with the resource initialization.Kind regards.
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I didn't say that!
I said I get Failed to load translation from static libraryIndeed you did, it's my mistake, sorry.
which points to myTranslator->load(":/languages/arabic") failure!
Could you verify that this file is available? For example what does
QFile::exists(":/languages/arabic")return, true or false? If the file exists then the problem is with the actual loading, if the file is not found, then I guess there's a problem with the resource initialization.Kind regards.
@kshegunov said:
Could you verify that this file is available? For example what does
QFile::exists(":/languages/arabic")return, true or false?I get
trueIf the file exists then the problem is with the actual loading, if the file is not found, then I guess there's a problem with the resource initialization.
After reviewing the project I discovered there are two "resources.qrc" the first one in the static library and the other in tester app. so I supposed this maybe makes Qt confused so I renamed one of them to a different name but unfortunately I still get same result.
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Hi
Maybe tryQDirIterator it(":", QDirIterator::Subdirectories); while (it.hasNext()) { qDebug() << it.next(); }to have a look how the files are named in the running exe to to verify
that they are indeed under ":/i18n" and paths are as you expect.@mrjj said:
QDirIterator it(":", QDirIterator::Subdirectories); while (it.hasNext()) { qDebug() << it.next(); }to have a look how the files are named in the running exe to to verify
that they are indeed under ":/i18n" and paths are as you expect.I got this output:
Failed to load translation from static library ":/qt-project.org" ":/qt-project.org/qmime" ":/qt-project.org/qmime/freedesktop.org.xml" ":/qt-project.org/styles" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/networkdrive-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/networkdrive-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/dvd-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/cdr-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/up-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/up-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/dvd-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/cdr-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/left-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/stop-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/file-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/down-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/stop-24.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/left-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/down-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/file-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/dirlink-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/diropen-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/diropen-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/cleartext-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/dirlink-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/networkdrive-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-volume-muted-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-cancel-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-open-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-apply-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-apply-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/fonttruetype-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/newdirectory-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/filecontents-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/floppy-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-delete-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-delete-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/harddrive-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-clear-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-close-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-clear-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-close-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/dirclosed-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/trash-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-apply-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-yes-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-yes-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/fontbitmap-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/newdirectory-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/dirclosed-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/newdirectory-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/dirclosed-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/up-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-pause-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-pause-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/cdr-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/dvd-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-volume-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/harddrive-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-cancel-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/harddrive-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-closetab-hover-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-cancel-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/viewdetailed-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/fusion_groupbox.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/right-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/fileinfo-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/filelink-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/filelink-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/fileinfo-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/dirlink-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-seek-forward-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-seek-forward-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/diropen-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-help-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/viewdetailed-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/viewdetailed-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-seek-backward-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-ok-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-no-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-seek-backward-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/refresh-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/refresh-24.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-save-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/viewlist-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-yes-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/computer-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/computer-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/parentdir-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/parentdir-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-closetab-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-play-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/desktop-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-stop-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/desktop-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-play-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/down-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-stop-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-delete-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-skip-backward-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-skip-backward-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/fusion_arrow.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/viewlist-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/viewlist-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/file-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/floppy-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/left-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/floppy-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-no-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-ok-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-no-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-ok-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-skip-forward-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/media-skip-forward-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/filelink-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-open-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-open-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/fileinfo-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-help-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-help-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-save-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-save-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-closetab-down-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/parentdir-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/filecontents-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/trash-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/filecontents-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/trash-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/right-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/right-32.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-clear-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/commonstyle/images/standardbutton-close-128.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/macstyle" ":/qt-project.org/styles/macstyle/images" ":/qt-project.org/styles/macstyle/images/toolbar-ext.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/macstyle/images/dockdock-down-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/macstyle/images/closedock-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/macstyle/images/dockdock-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/macstyle/images/closedock-down-16.png" ":/qt-project.org/styles/macstyle/images/toolbar-ext@2x.png" ":/qt-project.org/qmessagebox" ":/qt-project.org/qmessagebox/images" ":/qt-project.org/qmessagebox/images/qtlogo-64.png" ":/i18n" ":/i18n/tester_ar.qm" ":/i18n/tester_de.qm" ":/i18n/tester_fr.qm" ":/i18n/tester_en.qm" ":/i18n/tester_ru.qm" ":/i18n/tester_it.qm" ":/languages" ":/languages/i18n" ":/languages/i18n/WidgetKeyboard_fr.qm" ":/languages/i18n/WidgetKeyboard_ar.qm" ":/languages/i18n/WidgetKeyboard_de.qm" ":/languages/i18n/WidgetKeyboard_en.qm" ":/languages/i18n/WidgetKeyboard_it.qm" ":/languages/i18n/WidgetKeyboard_ru.qm" ":/images" ":/images/cut" ":/images/copy" ":/images/logo" ":/images/paste" ":/images/normalEcho" ":/images/passwdEcho" ":/sounds" ":/sounds/click.wav" QSoundEffect(pulseaudio): Error decoding source -
@kshegunov said:
Could you verify that this file is available? For example what does
QFile::exists(":/languages/arabic")return, true or false?I get
trueIf the file exists then the problem is with the actual loading, if the file is not found, then I guess there's a problem with the resource initialization.
After reviewing the project I discovered there are two "resources.qrc" the first one in the static library and the other in tester app. so I supposed this maybe makes Qt confused so I renamed one of them to a different name but unfortunately I still get same result.
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@mbnoimi
What about loading like this:translator->load("arabic", ":/languages");And as a second suggestion: I think you should create another
QTranslatorobject for the second translation file.Kind regards.
@kshegunov said:
And as a second suggestion: I think you should create another
QTranslatorobject for the second translation file.Thanks. This fixed
Testerapp. problem but it didn't fix the main problem (loading translation from static library) I still get this error message:Failed to load translation from static library -
@kshegunov said:
And as a second suggestion: I think you should create another
QTranslatorobject for the second translation file.Thanks. This fixed
Testerapp. problem but it didn't fix the main problem (loading translation from static library) I still get this error message:Failed to load translation from static library
