It is very easy and convenient to add a Help Tip, saved in an external XLIFF file, to an object in 4D. This is an example of contents of an XLIFF file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE xliff PUBLIC "-//XLIFF//DTD XLIFF//EN" "https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/xliff/documents/xliff.dtd">
<xliff version="1.0">
<file datatype="x-STR#" original="undefined" source-language="en-US" target-language="en-US" product-version="v11">
<header>
<note>The character "%" (out of numerical context) is a meta character that
will be replaced (often by a numberical value) before the string is
displayed</note>
<note>Text between less than (<) and greater than (>) symbols is a
variable’s name and must not be localised</note>
<note>\r, \t and \n are meta-characters.</note>
<note>Never remove an error entry to know what error codes have been used in
past releases.</note>
</header>
<body>
<group id="20000" resname="Help_Tip">
<trans-unit id="1">
<source>Text Ares</source>
<target>This is a Help Tip</target>
</trans-unit>
</group>
</body>
</file>
</xliff> |
The Help_Tip group has id equal to 20000 and the "trans-unit" has id equal to 1. You can specify different trans-unit id's for different Help Tips. This XML structure is saved in a file with the extension "xlf". The file is saved in the Language.lproj folder located inside the Resources folder. In the object Property List, Help theme, pass a reference to the Help Tip as shown here:
