Adding Language Skins

If you want to work with a language skin, you have to add a language skin file to your project.

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How to Add a Language Skin File

  1. Do one of the following, depending on the part of the user interface you are using:

    • Ribbon Select Project > New > Advanced > Add Language Skin.

    • Right-Click In the Project Organizer, right-click on the Advanced folder and from the context menu select Add Language Skin.

    The Add File dialog opens.

  2. In the File Type field at the top, make sure Language Skin is selected.
  3. In the Source area select to create a new file from a template (most common) or from an existing file.

  4. From the Language drop-down, select the language you want to use for the language skin.

    Note The Language drop-down defaults to the current project language.

  5. In the File Name field, type a new name for the language skin.
  6. (Optional) If you want to apply condition tags to the file, expand the Attributes section at the bottom of the dialog. Next to the Condition Tags field, click The browse ellipsis button opens to more options. and select the conditions you want to apply. Click OK. See Applying Conditions to Content.
  7. (Optional) If you want to apply file tags, expand the Attributes section at the bottom of the dialog. Next to the File Tags field, click The browse ellipsis button opens to more options. and select the file tags you want to apply. Click OK. See Associating Tags With Files.
  8. Click Add. The language skin is added to the Advanced folder in the Project Organizer. The Language Skin Editor opens to the right, with the new language skin shown. Depending on the language you selected when creating the language skin, the skin may include default translations for some interface text strings.

Important Creating multiple language skins for a single language is not recommended. Flare applies the first language skin it finds for a language—alphabetically—in the Advanced folder of the Project Organizer. As a best practice, you should maintain all of your translations for a language in a single language skin to avoid confusion and incorrect translations.

Note If you have created a new language skin for a language, Flare will use it when you build the project. The language skin must reside in the project that uses that language.

What’s Next?

You can edit the language skin, adjusting the text on the buttons and labels. See Editing Language Skins.