changing a wxLocale object also changes wxFileDialog language Topic is solved

[mael15]

My program can create pdfs in different languages. I store the selected language in a

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wxLocale *documentationLocale

object and change it with this code:

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bool wxTranslationHelperCustom::applyNewDocuLanguage(wxLanguage selLang)
{
	if (GetDocuLocale() && (wxLanguage)GetDocuLocale()->GetLanguage() == selLang)
		return false;

	wxString oldLang = GetDocuLocale() ? GetDocuLocale()->GetCanonicalName() : wxT("nix");
	if (GetDocuLocale())
		delete GetDocuLocale();
		
	documentationLocale = new wxLocale;
	bool ok = GetDocuLocale()->Init(selLang);
	GetDocuLocale()->AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix(m_LangDirPath);
	bool success = GetDocuLocale()->AddCatalog(appName, selLang, selLang != wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH ? wxT("iso-8859-1") : wxT("UTF-8"));
	OutputDebugString(wxString::Format(wxT("new language selected: %s -> %s (Success: %s)\n"), oldLang, GetDocuLocale()->GetCanonicalName(), success ? wxT("yes") : wxT("no")));
	return true;
}

The problem is, the language used in wxMSW standard dialogs like wxFileDialog for "cancel" changes too. How can I keep this language from changing?

[doublemax]

The language of the native dialogs is tighly bound to the locale of the application, i don't think there is anything you can do about it. Can't you change the locale only during the generation of the PDFs and switch back afterwards?

[mael15]

The language of the native dialogs is tighly bound to the locale of the application, i don't think there is anything you can do about it. Can't you change the locale only during the generation of the PDFs and switch back afterwards?

switching back would have to take place often because I also have a permanent preview of the pdf. But I could do it for the dialogs maybe.

[mael15]

what part of my code has this global effect to change the wxFileDialog language? I thought I only change my documentationLocale?

[utelle]

what part of my code has this global effect to change the wxFileDialog language? I thought I only change my documentationLocale?

Calling wxLocale method Init has global side effects - as is stated in the wx documentation:

The call of this function has several global side effects which you should understand: first of all, the application locale is changed - note that this will affect many of standard C library functions such as printf() or strftime(). Second, this wxLocale object becomes the new current global locale for the application and so all subsequent calls to wxGetTranslation() will try to translate the messages using the message catalogs for this locale.

It would be nice, if wxWidgets would allow to use a wxLocale locally only without affecting the global locale. However, this doesn't seem to be possible in the current wxWidgets version.

If you only need to translate strings to a different language for your PDF output, you may try the wxTranslations class, which has no effect on the global locale.