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E$LNGU - Update a Language Message file

Start Command

call e$lngu

Call Parameters

*N/A

Return Parameters

*N/A

What it does

With this program you can update a Language Message File quick and easy by filling the work file E$LNGUPD with data from, for example, MS-Excel. E$LNGUPD has the following fields:

E$MSGK   Message ID (a7)
E$TEXT Message Text (a132)

When you start E$LNGU, you have to choose the language you are going to update. Choosing a language does not change your library list as E$LNGS does. Next, program E$LNGU1 starts and performs a CHGMSGD for each E$MSGK in the work file.

A smart way to translate and update Language Message Files is the follwoing:

  1. Load the fields E$TEXT, E$TLEN and E$MSGK of E$LNGREF using ODBC into MS-Excel.
  2. Create in MS-Excel a fourth column for the other language you want.
  3. Put the translations in the fourth column.
  4. When you are done, select the columns 3 and 4 and press CTRL-C to copy them to the clipboard.
  5. Start a plain ASCII editor and paste the TAB-delimited text.
  6. Remove the first line (column titles) and replace all TAB-characters with nothing using 'replace all'.
  7. Copy this textfile using FTP or so to the AS/400 into E$LNGUPD.
  8. Start E$LNGU.

Special Options

1 - Select
Use this option to select a language. Only the first record with a 1 is taken when multiple are selected.

Examples

Here is an example of the steps described above.

Create the MS-Excel sheet and copy the last two columns:


Start a plain ASCII editor and paste the TAB-delimited text:


Then, with FTP, upload it directly into E$LNGUPD:


Here is the DSPPFM result of E$LNGUPD:


And the last step is to start E$LNGU and choose the language of which the corresponding message file should be updated:

 
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