ShowPageSetupDialog text in english need method for localization

rgb

Need a shared method for localize text in another language

like:


Var dic As Dictionary(Of String, String) = {}

dic.Value("Page Setup") = "Mise en Page"
dic.Value("Cancel") = "Annuler "
dic.Value("Ok") = "Imprimer"
dic.Value("Left margin") = "Marge de gauche"
dic.Value("Printer") = "Imprimante"

Printers.SetLocale(dic As Dictionary)

Var rs As PrinterSetup = Printers.DefaultSetup

Printers.ShowPageSetupDialog(rs)

Garry

Thanks. This is a genuine gap, and I’ve accepted it for the roadmap: https://feedback.objo.dev/feature/1350

Rather than adding a separate Printers.SetLocale() dictionary, the printing dialogs will use Objo’s existing project-localisation system. Your printing code will remain unchanged:

Var setup As PrinterSetup = Printers.DefaultSetup
Printers.ShowPageSetupDialog(setup)

You’ll add translations under Project Settings > Localisation using stable system keys such as:

Key	Default
`Objo.System.Printing.PageSetupDialog.Title`	Page Setup
`Objo.System.Printing.PageSetupDialog.Accept`	OK
`Objo.System.Printing.PrintDialog.Title`	Print
`Objo.System.Printing.PrintDialog.Accept`	OK
`Objo.System.Printing.Cancel`	Cancel
`Objo.System.Printing.Printer`	Printer
`Objo.System.Printing.Orientation`	Orientation
`Objo.System.Printing.Orientation.Portrait`	Portrait
`Objo.System.Printing.Orientation.Landscape`	Landscape
`Objo.System.Printing.PaperWidth`	Paper width
`Objo.System.Printing.PaperHeight`	Paper height
`Objo.System.Printing.LeftMargin`	Left margin
`Objo.System.Printing.TopMargin`	Top margin
`Objo.System.Printing.RightMargin`	Right margin
`Objo.System.Printing.BottomMargin`	Bottom margin
`Objo.System.Printing.Copies`	Copies
`Objo.System.Printing.FirstPage`	First page
`Objo.System.Printing.LastPage`	Last page

For example, a French localisation table could set:

Objo.System.Printing.PageSetupDialog.Title = Mise en page
Objo.System.Printing.PrintDialog.Accept = Imprimer
Objo.System.Printing.Cancel = Annuler
Objo.System.Printing.Printer = Imprimante
Objo.System.Printing.LeftMargin = Marge de gauche

Both ShowPageSetupDialog() and ShowPrintDialog() will use these translations automatically. Missing translations will fall back individually to the existing British-English text. Printer names will remain unchanged because they are supplied by the operating system.