Five New Optimizely Certifications are Here! Validate your expertise and advance your career with our latest certification exams. Click here to find out more
AI OnAI Off
How do I use the LocalizationService method GetString()?
Hi,
It's xpath, so I guess something like this should work:
<%= Translate("/pagetype[name=MyPage]/property[name=MyProperty]/caption") %>
Dec 02, 2013 23:49
Thanks Johan,
but that displays [Missing text '/pagetype[name=MyPage]/property[name=MyProperty]/caption' for 'Swedish'] even though I have entered it in swedish.
@Html.Translate("/pagetype[name=MyPage]/property[name=MyProperty]/caption")
Dec 03, 2013 9:55
It should be like this:
@Html.Translate("/pagetype[@name='MyPage']/property[@name='MyProperty']/caption")
Dec 03, 2013 12:16
Thanks Sergii,
that isn't working either though. =(
[Missing text '/pagetype[@name='MyPage']/property[@name='MyProperty']/caption' for 'Swedish']
Could it be that there needs to be something before "/pagetype..." to specify the path to the language file?
Dec 03, 2013 12:36
Yes, you have to specify the whole path. We could only guess the parts you posted here ;)
Dec 03, 2013 16:06
But that doesn't seem right? What if I have a language file for each language, I don't think I should need to check which language is currently used and then write the path to that specific file, right?
Dec 04, 2013 12:06
You don't need to specify the language part, "/languages/language/", but everything after that.
Dec 04, 2013 15:02
That wasn't what I meant.
Lets say I have two files in my languages directory, Translations_en.xml, Translations_sv.xml.
When we're talking about specifying the whole path, does that include the file name? Do I need to check which language is currently in use and specify the correct language file?
Perhaps an example would clear out any confusions? =)
Dec 04, 2013 15:06
When we said the path, we meant the path within the xml file. You can read about it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPath.
But you can leave out the first two nodes, "/languages/language/", because EPi selects those automatically.
Dec 04, 2013 15:32
Yeah that's how I have been doing it.
I just saw that I left out a piece from the path.
@Html.Translate("/pagetype[@name='MyPage']/property[@name='MyProperty']/caption")should be
@Html.Translate("/pagetypes/pagetype[@name='MyPage']/property[@name='MyProperty']/caption")
Edited,
Dec 04, 2013 15:38
This thread is locked and should be used for reference only. Please use the Episerver CMS 7 and earlier versions forum to open new discussions.
Lets say I have something like this in a language file,
<pagetype name="MyPage"> <name>My page</name> <description>My very special page.</description> <property name="MyProperty"> <caption>My property caption</caption> <help>My property help text.</help> </property> </pagetype>How do I get the caption and help from the pagetype property using the LocalizationService?