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[Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Olav,



On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 4:57 AM, Olav Poppe <olav.poppe@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I’m looking at ways to support translation in a custom form (aggregate). I
> would like to be able to use the "built in" translation of data elements if
> possible, using IDs when designing the form and having a javascript
> function triggered by "dhis2.de.event.formReady" to put in the correct
> translations. I was thinking the formName, displayName or similar would be
> available in the dhis2 object, but I’m having difficult figuring out where.
>
> Can any of the dev advice on where to read the translated names/formNames,
> if possible?
>
> Does anyone else have any experience with something like this?
>
> Thinking of it now, this might even be an idea for a general feature: just
> like you can add the data entry fields, totals and indicators when
> designing custom forms, there could be an option to add "name" label that
> would display the name/form name of an element, with translation when
> applicable.
>

that sounds like a great idea. Something like a variable, e.g.
${<uid>.name} , which can be substituted based on the selected locale of
the current user.

Feel free to write a blueprint.

You can load this from the API, which in 2.22 lets you use the
"displayName" property of objects which are translated to the appropriate
language.

So something like this:

https://play.dhis2.org/demo/api/dataSets/BfMAe6Itzgt.json?fields=dataElements[id,displayName]

will give you the translated name of all data elements in a data set.

You could potentially load this once when data entry page is loaded from
within a custom form, and then substitute labels yourself.

Overview of callback events:

http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch06s02.html#d5e1369


regards,

Lars



> Regards
> Olav
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