First of a two-part series on globalizing your Notes/Domino applications...
Globalizing Lotus Notes applications is a challenge for a lot of customers. The code and translatable strings of Lotus Notes applications are combined by their nature. Developers usually develop a Lotus Notes application in one language and impose the translation directly on the strings using the Lotus Domino Designer client. As a result, hundreds of design elements need to be modified, language by language, whenever an application is changed or upgraded. Handling changes, managing version control, upgrading designs, and fixing problems all require a tremendous amount of effort.Link: developerWorks Lotus: Helping customers globalize their IBM Lotus Notes applications >This article is the first in a two-part series on globalization.
Part 1, "Helping customers globalize their IBM Lotus Notes applications," covers these topics:
- The globalization process for Lotus Notes applications
- The new features in version 8.5 of Lotus Domino Global Workbench that use properties files for application globalization
- Experiences with globalizing Lotus Notes applications and upgrading multiple language applications
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Matti lattu http://www.heeros.com | 3/29/2009 1:29:39 PM
Definetely companies are looking for this. Escpecially if you are operating at the non-English speaking country or in several countries, you just have to have multilingual apps.
I have so bad experiences with former versions of DGW (DGW 6.5) that I don't want to even try it anymore ; (
Matti
Does anyone have a sense as to the market for these types of applications? Are companies truly looking to 'globalize' their Domino apps?
It seems like a logical step for certain companies, I'm interested in if the Domino community thinks this has traction.