Changing the Gantt language

The language files for the Gantt scheduler are in several locations.

About this task

  • Most of the Gantt tooltips, messages, and dialogs are in properties files that are in the Server Root/userfiles/Translations/TreeGrid/TRIRIGA Application Platform version/ folder on your IBM TRIRIGA application server. The file names are TextXML_XX.properties, where XX is the Java code for the language.
  • Some of the Gantt words are in the as-delivered language packs. The xliff file names start with SYSTEMLABEL_LEGACY.
  • The help text that is shown when the user clicks the help button in the Gantt section is in the ibm-tririga.war file. The files in the war file are named Help_XX.html, where XX is the language of the user. These files cannot be changed or added to.
  • Going forward, any TreeGrid changes to the translations will be accompanied by the appropriate TRIRIGA Application Platform version folder, so that manual merges can be continued to be applied. TreeGrid pulls data from the latest version sub folder. If you modify the translations, you must manually merge the changes into the new folder.

Procedure

  1. To change a translation for the Gantt tooltips, messages, and dialogs, edit the file TextXML_XX.properties in the Server Root/userfiles/Translations/TreeGrid/TRIRIGA Application Platform version/ folder on your IBM TRIRIGA application server, where XX is the Java language code.
    • Select the model whose permissions you want to view or modify.
    • To add translations for a new language, copy the TextXML.properties file and update the name to be TextXML_XX.properties, where the XX is the Java language code.
    • If you are extending language support, do not use the language code plus the country code; the new file must have the language code. Within your new file, edit the values to the language that you are creating. Do not modify any comments or move around any entries. After the file is saved, test with a user of that language to make sure that no problems occurred with conversion of the file from TextXML_XX.properties into XML on the server.
  2. To change a translation for the Gantt words in the as-delivered language packs, export them by using the System Labels option in the Globalization Manager export form. Look for xliff files that start with SYSTEMLABEL_LEGACY.