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[Olav Poppe <olav.poppe@xxxxxx>]

Thanks, Lars - blueprint here: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dhis2/+spec/translatable-de-names-custom-forms

My initial thinking was to see if the translated names were stored/cached somewhere and avoid API-calls for the sake of offline support (e.g. it would work even if the user went offline before a specific form was opened), but in most cases it should not be a problem.

Regards
Olav


> 17. feb. 2016 kl. 13.20 skrev 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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