How to use Delphi's built-in multilingual support?

问题

I use Delphi since version 2 and now on the version XE3.

Since BSD2006 I've noticed this menu Languages on the Project main menu. Now that I am interested in build an application available in English, Portuguese and Spanish, I searched for tutorials on the Internet but couldn't find anything about this function, only third party components and wizards. Since English is not my first language, I don't even know how to look for the right terms in order to get to this Delphi tool.

Does anyone already used this tool? Where Can I find a proper tutorial to get started? Thanks.

Edit1: Response

Since Remy answered correctly, but with a link, I will resume it so other can get to it quickly:

Save all your project files
Go to Menu > Project > Languages > Add
Add as many languages as you need
Go to Menu > View > Project Manager
You will see your project plus a project for each language you created
Expand one language project and you will see the DFM files to translate your forms
Right click and open one and you will see the Translation Editor
Translate all the needed strings and then save the file
Again in the Project manager expand .\Win32\Debug\ and see the RC resource files
Right click one and edit the constant strings of all the units files of your app

More Tips:

In order to get the strings of your own units into the translation list file, you have to create them as constants, but using not the consts reserved word, but the resourcestring one, like: resourcestring Str1 = 'Test'; StrN = '%s strings found';
Every time you create a new resourcestring or add a visual component on a form, you have to update the languages metadata, and to do it, go to Menu > Project > Languages > Update Localized Projects
Every time you finish to translate the terms on your language files, you not just have to save those files, but you have to re-build the projects they belong. It's easier if you go to Menu > Project > Build All Projects

These tips are not explained in the Embarcadero Help. Thanks Remy!

回答1:

Start by reading the documentation:

Localizing Applications by Using Translation Manager

Adding Languages to a Project

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17954958/how-to-use-delphis-built-in-multilingual-support

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