Creating the Dictionary from the Application’s Design Files

The next step is to create the dictionary entries from the existing design files. This process parses the design files, creating entries in the application’s dictionary for each text, paragraph, sentence, clause, and word. Just follow these steps to create the dictionary:

• From the Application Design Menu for the application you are translating, select Utilities, Language Translation, then Build Dictionary From Design Files (see Figure 8).
• To select the Design (or “from”) Language, enter the Language ID or click the ▼ button to the right of the Language ID field box and double click the code corresponding to this language.
• Press ENTER twice (the first time is to display the descriptions of the Language ID’s entered; the second time is to confirm the copy request). Wait (normally just a couple of minutes) while the Dictionary File is created from the application’s design files.

When the dictionary entries are created, you can get a count of the number of entries in the file by returning to the APPX Main Menu. Select Database/Applications, the application you are translating, Design File Management, Verify Files Menu, then Verify Integrity of APPXIO Files. The entry count is the record count displayed for the DICTNARY file and indicates the number of entries requiring translation.