Just can't get localizations to show

ustamills — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:26:24 GMT

I've tried following Jeff Potts <a href="http://forums.alfresco.com/forum/developer-discussions/content-modeling/custom-content-model-tutorial-03212012-1446">article</a>, plus I've been reading the <a href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Data_Dictionary_Guide#Content_Model_Schema_Tour"

Re: Just can't get localizations to show

ustamills — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 21:03:11 GMT

*** FOUND IT !!! ***

I was NOT aware (don't know if the documentation wasn't clear or I was just dense) that the link between the forms label and the label in the properties field is exactly here:

In share_config_custom.xml


<form>
  <field-visibility> … </field-visibility>
  <appearance>
     <field id="al:vendor" label-id="al_altourModel.property.al_vendor">
       …
     </field>
   </appearance>
   …
</form>
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And in my .properties file:


#######################
#
# Contract
#
…
al_altourModel.property.al_vendor=Vendor
…
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The important part above is the attribute called "label-id". It MUST match the left-hand side of the property pair in the properties file (notice that both above are spelled exactly "al_altourModel.property.al_vendor").

I'm guessing here (someone please correct me) that it doesn't even matter WHAT you name it in the properties file as long as it is consistent. I say this because Jeff Potts uses "prop.XXX" to identify a documents property and the Wiki article calls it "property.XXX" (notice 'property' is fully spelled out there). Plus the Wiki article talks about a very particular naming scheme that prepends all property names with model names and Jeff didn't even mention or use it.

Once I got the label-id to match up with the name in the properties file, it WORKED!

My specific error was leaving out an entire

<appearance>‍

section because I thought the default would accept my properties definitions if I just got the freakin' syntax right. And it was never about the syntax.

So, there are my conclusions and experience. Someone please clue me in if I got it wrong. If I have the right of it, I'll probably suggest some Wiki edits to make this more clear.

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