Menu Bar Question

[Ricardo_V]

Hello,

This might be an easy question but so far I'm trying to understand how 'menu_bar' works. I know how yo append items, for example:

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wxMenu *file_menu = new wxMenu;
file_menu->Append(MDI_NEW_WINDOW, _T("&New window\tCtrl-N"), _T("Create a new child window"));
file_menu->Append(MDI_QUIT, _T("&Exit\tAlt-X"), _T("Quit the program"));

wxMenu *help_menu = new wxMenu;
help_menu->Append(MDI_ABOUT, _T("&About\tF1"));

wxMenuBar *menu_bar = new wxMenuBar;
menu_bar->Append(file_menu, _T("&File"));
menu_bar->Append(help_menu, _T("&Help"));

frame->SetMenuBar(menu_bar);

That is OK, but once I run the app a new option appears (Window menu option) between File and Help, which I believe comes from:

wxWindowMenu MENU DISCARDABLE
BEGIN
POPUP "&Window"
BEGIN
MENUITEM "&Cascade", 4002
MENUITEM "Tile &Horizontally", 4001
MENUITEM "Tile &Vertically", 4005
MENUITEM "", -1
MENUITEM "&Arrange Icons", 4003
MENUITEM "&Next", 4004
END
END

Now my question is that I want and need to display each item in spanish. How could I do that?

Thanks in advance.

pd : I'm coding without widgets help, just pure code.

[benedicte]

You use the _ macro instead of _T for strings to translate, then you extract the strings to translate from the source code using xgettext, and you translate the strings (by filling the generated .po files).

I guess there is a sample about apps localization. You may have a look at it, and look for xgettext in this forum.

[Ricardo_V]

You use the _ macro instead of _T for strings to translate, then you extract the strings to translate from the source code using xgettext, and you translate the strings (by filling the generated .po files).

I guess there is a sample about apps localization. You may have a look at it, and look for xgettext in this forum.

Will find out about xgettext under windows.

But I still don't understand how Window option appears, since it doesn't seem to be called by code. Is it always included automaticly every time wxMenuBar is created?

[NinjaNL]

At a guess I suppose you are using the MDI framework, which if memory serves automatically generates the "window" menu item.

[Ricardo_V]

At a guess I suppose you are using the MDI framework, which if memory serves automatically generates the "window" menu item.

Yes I am using the MDI framework, every child window will have their parent from a class derived from MDIParentFrm. So I have no chance to modify that menu item (window)?