Label internationalization

Define form files with stacked containers for different languages.

To internationalize your application, define TITLE attributes using %"string-id" localized strings, in stack containrs and stack item definitions:

-- myform.per
LAYOUT
 STACK
   GROUP (TEXT=%"group.custinfo")
       EDIT customer.cust_num, NOENTRY, TITLE=%"cust.label.id";;
       EDIT customer.cust_name, TITLE=%"cust.label.name";
       EDIT customer.cust_address, TIELE=%"cust.label.address";
   END
 END
ED

-- myapp.str
"group.custinfo"     = "Customer information"
"cust.label.id"      = "Id:"
"cust.label.name"    = "Name:"
"cust.label.address" = "Address:"

If more space is needed for text fields, remove field labels and add a COMMENT attribute to show a grayed text inside empty fields:

-- myform.per
LAYOUT
 STACK
   GROUP (TEXT=%"group.custinfo")
       EDIT customer.cust_num, NOENTRY, TITLE=%"cust.label.id";;
       EDIT customer.cust_name, COMMENT=%"cust.comment.name";
       EDIT customer.cust_address, COMMENT=%"cust.comment.address";
   END
 END
END

-- myapp.str
"group.custinfo"       = "Customer information"
"cust.label.id"        = "Id:"
"cust.comment.name"    = "Customer's name"
"cust.comment.address" = "Customer's address"

The visual result for the about stack-based form will look like this on an iOS device:

Screen shot of an iOS app showing a stacked form with fields using COMMENT attribute.

Figure 1. iOS stacked form 3