Translate a String that is not a constant?

[MaxM74]

Is it possible to translate a string that isn't a constant?
Let me explain.
Using the WIA interface on Windows, it returns the item name of a Device, for example, Feeder.
Obviously, the string is NOT a constant but a variable.
If I put a string in resourcestring with the value 'Feeder' and the corresponding
Italian translation in the po file 'Caricatore', how can I get it translated?

I tried Format(theVariable, []) but it doesn't work.
Thanks.

[Thaddy]

As far as I know that is not possible using po files. These rely on constants.

[alpine]

Is it possible to translate a string that isn't a constant?
Let me explain.
Using the WIA interface on Windows, it returns the item name of a Device, for example, Feeder.
Obviously, the string is NOT a constant but a variable.
If I put a string in resourcestring with the value 'Feeder' and the corresponding
Italian translation in the po file 'Caricatore', how can I get it translated?

I believe you can use the TPOFile class from the Translations unit.

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1.  POF := TPOFile.Create('translation.it.po');
2.  //...
3.  Translated := POF.Translate('wia.device.feeder', 'Feeder');

You'll probably have to play around a bit.

[Thaddy]

That won't solve it, because the pdf? That is not a constant.

[jcmontherock]

You have to set the I18n parm in the project options. The resources strings are automatically included in pot and po files and translated at execution time.

[Thaddy]

Yes @alpine
totally forgot that.

[MaxM74]

You have to set the I18n parm in the project options. The resources strings are automatically included in pot and po files and translated at execution time.

is not a resourcestring i get this string from an interface.

[MaxM74]

I believe you can use the TPOFile class from the Translations unit.

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1.  POF := TPOFile.Create('translation.it.po');
2.  //...
3.  Translated := POF.Translate('wia.device.feeder', 'Feeder');

You'll probably have to play around a bit.

A work Around maybe something like
if theVar='Feeder' then Result:= rsMyConstantEqualToFeeder
 

[alpine]

A work Around maybe something like
if theVar='Feeder' then Result:= rsMyConstantEqualToFeeder
 

In the .po file:

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1. ...
2. msgid "Feeder"
3. msgstr "Caricatore"
4. ...

PO files are defining pairs msgid-->msgstr and the TPOFile is just a HashTable(or AvlTree?) with ability to load a .po file and then you can search by msgid. Perhaps that is just what you need.
In addition, LCLTranslator takes care of loading the appropriate .po file according to the current/given language and can crawl over active forms to change the child captions. But that seems unnecessary for the case.
I would just make a lookup table in the source in that simple case (en --> it translation). May be even a TStringList with a Key=Value pairs which one to load from a file.