Translate Display[] attribute

1

How can I load the translated name directly from my resources.resx file?
[Display(Name:“Selection”, Description:“Description”)]

I thought I could just translate it like that, but unfortunately it doesn’t work. Is there a better way?
[Display(Name: Resources.Selection, Description:“Description”)]

2

Hi @fauser,

This is possible with reflection, but why do you need to get the translated Display attribute?

Here is how this can be done (although I suspect you actually want something else):

var translatedName = TypeData.GetTypeData(myObject).GetMember("myMember").GetTranslatedDisplayAttribute().Name;
3

But how do I then link that to my resource file?

using OpenTap;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Security.AccessControl;

[Display(“MyStep”, Group: “Examples”, Description: “Ein Beispiel-Testschritt mit Übersetzung”)]
public class MyStep : TestStep
{
[Display(Name : “MyProperty_Name”)]
public string MyProperty { get; set; }

public override void Run()
{
    var typeData = TypeData.GetTypeData(this);

    var memberData = typeData.GetMember(nameof(MyProperty));

    var translatedDisplay = memberData.GetTranslatedDisplayAttribute();

    Console.WriteLine($"Anzeigename (übersetzt): {translatedDisplay.Name}");
}

}

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4

Did you see the documentation topic relating to translation? Translating Packages | OpenTAP

If you have a package for your test steps, it should be easy enough to write translations. You can also add translations for packages that you did not author yourself.

5

Yes, but the documentation only applies if you have a TapPackage.

However, I want a central resource file for all my custom test steps in Visual Studio (as shown in the previous screenshot).

So basically, I’m creating an .exe file, not a .TapPackage.

I want my TestStep to be directly linked to the “Resource File” from my project, so I don’t have to create it first with tap sdk translate.

6

If you put the resx file inside: [TAP folder]/Languages/Resource.de.resx

Then inside the Engine settings you will get the following option:

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There are some requirements to the naming inside the resx file, but if you do tap sdk translate OpenTAP and look at the result, i think you can get an idea of it. Here is an example:

 <data name="OpenTap.Plugins.BasicSteps.DelayStep.DelaySecs.Name" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Time Delay</value>
  </data>