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raphschru

"File Dialog" and its subdialogs should have consistent localization and format

Status: Declined

Localization bugs not reproducible in latest version of LabVIEW.

LabVIEW 2020 32bit (English), installed on Windows 10 (French).

 

I have noticed some small inconsistencies in the localization and formatting of the "File Dialog" and its subdialogs.

 

Let's say you have a "File Dialog" express VI configured in mode "File, Existing".

The main dialog and the "non-existing file" subdialog look like this:

raphschru_5-1729430452566.png

Here I've put the parameters in [square brackets], of course it is the developer's duty to localize them.

For the rest, except for the "All Files" pattern label (which should be "Tous les fichiers" in my case), everything is correctly localized and satisfyingly formatted.

 

Now let's compare with a "File Dialog" express VI configured in mode "File, New".

The main dialog and the "replace existing file" subdialog look like this:

raphschru_4-1729430298672.png

The "replace existing file" subdialog is not localized and its format is not consistent with the "non-existing file" subdialog.

For the subdialog's title, it should be the [Prompt] as well.

For the file name, it should be the short file name (and not the full path). This one is my personal preference but both subdialogs could display the full path as well, as long as it is consistent.

 

Regards,

Raphaël.

2 Comments
Christina_R
Active Participant

LabVIEW R&D cannot reproduce your localization issues when using LabVIEW 2024 Q3, so I believe these were fixed sometime after the version that you're using. As for the name/path inconsistency, this is an intentional design choice since the non-existent file doesn't really have a full path.

 

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Christina Rogers
Principal Product Owner, LabVIEW R&D
Christina_R
Active Participant
Status changed to: Declined

Localization bugs not reproducible in latest version of LabVIEW.


Christina Rogers
Principal Product Owner, LabVIEW R&D