Strange language issue

krobinson

I am currently developing a qt application and I am having a strange language issue. I am using a message handler to write messages out to a log file. The issue is that some of the debug messages are in German and I am not sure why. This only happens when I release the application and not in debug. Also if I delete the translations directory it defaults back to English. Here is some of the code.

qInstallMessageHandler(messageHandler);

void messageHandler(QtMsgType type, const QMessageLogContext &context, const QString &msg)
{
    switch (type)
    {
        case QtCriticalMsg:
        case QtFatalMsg:
            LogManager::writeError(QString("%1 (%2:%3, %4)").arg(msg.toLocal8Bit().constData(), context.file, QString::number(context.line), context.function));
            if(type == QtFatalMsg)
                abort();
            break;
        default: //QtDebugMsg || QtWarningMsg
            LogManager::writeDebug((msg + "\r\n").toLocal8Bit().constData() );
            break;
    }
}

Here is an example of the output I am seeing

2016-03-02 14:04:22 Debug - qrc:/Qml/SettingsPage.qml:459:13: QML Image: Binding loop detected for property "sourceSize.height"
2016-03-02 14:04:22 Debug - qrc:/Qml/DiagnosticPane.qml:38: TypeError: Cannot call method 'getDiagnosticsInfo' of null
2016-03-02 14:04:22 Debug - qrc:/Qml/Controls/PopupSlider.qml:50:22: Unable to assign null to QQuickAnchorLine
2016-03-02 14:04:22 Debug - qrc:/Qml/Controls/PopupSlider.qml:50:22: Unable to assign null to QQuickAnchorLine
2016-03-02 14:04:22 Debug - qrc:/Qml/Controls/PopupSlider.qml:50:22: Unable to assign null to QQuickAnchorLine
2016-03-02 14:04:22 Debug - <Unknown File>: QML QQuickLayoutAttached: Binding loop detected for property "preferredWidth"
2016-03-02 14:04:22 Debug - <Unknown File>: QML QQuickLayoutAttached: Binding loop detected for property "preferredWidth"
2016-03-02 14:04:22 Debug - qrc:/Qml/SettingsPage.qml:454:9: QML ColumnLayout: Bei der Operation 'centerIn' wurde eine potentielle Endlosschleife der Anker festgestellt.

Notice the last one is in German.

Any ideas what is going on here?

SGaist

Hi,

Since you wrote about deleting the translations directory, do you handle internationalization in your application ?

krobinson

No, not yet. The translations were included because they were outputted from the windeployqt tool. It seems like somehow its defaulting to German, but im not sure why. Should the language match the system language unless it is manually set?

SGaist

Is your system running in german ?

krobinson

No, it is in English.

SGaist

Do you live in a german speaking country ?

krobinson

Nope, I live in the US. It is happening on all the machines I have tested it on. I also noticed that the buttons on the message boxes are in German as well. I'm not sure where it is getting German from, there should be nothing German related on any of the machines using the software.

SGaist

Do you have a qt_en.qm file in your application folder ?

If so, remove it.