Once started the Language Tool displays the main window and waits for input. You can change the language used by the tool by selecting preferences and then selecting a language. English, French, German and Italian are supported at the moment.
Figure 1. Select Language
Simply select a language and click Ok, the text on the main form will change to the selected language.
Figure 2. The Main Window
Once displayed the tool needs to know the project on which it is to operate. Click the button to the right of the Project box and select the projects folder.
After a project is selected several things happen.
1. The project title is assumed from the project file.
2. A Resources folder is added to the project folder if it does not exist allready.
3. A language file with the title of the project and an extension of ".Lng" will be copied to this folder.
4. An ignore.db file will be copied to this folder.
5. A Locale.pbi file will be copied to the project folder for later inclusion.
6. All files with the extensions of ".pb" or ".pbi" are listed in the project files listbox.
After selecting a project use the Language dropdown to select the language used for the texts in the project. It is important to realise here that this is the language you used to write the programme not the language used by the tool set in preferences.
The Copied Files
Your App Title .Lng
This is the main language file for this application. When copied it is preloaded with common words and phrases in all supported languages.
Ignore.db
This is the reference file for this application for all texts which are to be ignored. This is also preloaded with some text elements which are allways ignored such as punctuation etc.
Locale.pbi
This file is the main include file and handles the loading of selected texts in the selected language. It also holds a small routine to allow ther to select a language from those supported in the language file.