Date Picker localisation

[bn]

I want to be able to change the Date Picker widget to match the language set by the i18n library using the following code
Unfortunately, the property 'the monthNames' as described in the Dictionary for the widget is also a core Livecode function and is raised as a compilation error in the Livecode IDE, saying that "token is not a property". Does anyone know what the correct property for changing the month names of the Date Picker widget must be?

Hi Hendricus,

As I mentioned you have to put quotes around "monthNames".

Also if you use "Custom" as namesToUse then you have to set the dayNames in the order as if the week starts on Sunday

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put ("SU,MO,TU,WE,TH,FR,SA") into tDayNames

regardless of how you want you week want to start (Monday/Sunday). Otherwise Date Picker gets confused

This works with your example script (without 'translate')

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on mouseUp
   // set the date picker
   set the namesToUse of widget "Date Picker" to "Custom"
   set the weekStartsOn of widget "Date Picker" to "Monday"
   put ("SU,MO,TU,WE,TH,FR,SA") into tDayNames
   set the dayNames of widget "Date Picker" to tDayNames
   put toUpper(("Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr,May,Jun,Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov,Dec")) into tMonthNames
   set the "monthNames" of widget "Date Picker" to tMonthNames
end mouseUp

Kind regards
Bernd

[stam]

Thanks Bernd,

As always, you are entirely correct and on closer inspection it's actually in the Dictionary for date picker > monthNames:

Use the monthNames property to set the displayed label to the name of the month, when the namesToUse property is set to "Custom"

even though no such thing is mentioned in the namesToUse entry...

It's a relief this is usable... but it remains annoying you cannot change the names in the property inspector (and AFAICS there is no 'namesToUse' property to get/set in the PI) and cannot get the names without an execution error (or were you able to solve that?)

S.

[bn]

It's a relief this is usable... but it remains annoying you cannot change the names in the property inspector (and AFAICS there is no 'namesToUse' property to get/set in the PI) and cannot get the names without an execution error (or were you able to solve that?)

Hi Stam,

I agree that the dictionary for "Date Picker" is lacking a lot of useful/necessary information.

and AFAICS there is no 'namesToUse' property to get/set in the PI

It is right there in the properties inspector where you can set 'English', 'System' and 'Custom'
And only in 'Custom' mode can you set the dayNames and monthNames.

cannot get the names without an execution error (or were you able to solve that?

I did not try to get them before but ran into problems getting them after your remark.

This seems ridiculous but the following worked for me:

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on mouseUp
   put "monthNames" into tNames
   put the tNames of widget "Date Picker"
end mouseUp

Kind regards
Bernd