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When you create or modify a GEP or BPP format project, you define some particular strings for the source RPT files and the format project itself. These strings appear as the runtime text once you have imported the format project into SAP Business One:

  • (GEP only) Menu name

  • (GEP only) RPT file parameters

    Note Note

    Although you can define parameters for the RPT source files of a BPP format project, these parameters are ignored. Therefore, EFM does not support translation of RPT file parameters for BPP format projects.

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  • Validation messages

You can translate these strings into all languages supported by SAP Business One.

Note Note

EFM supports translation into the Hebrew language, but does not support the right-to-left writing convention.

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Translating in EFM Designer

To translate the strings of a GEP or BPP format project in the EFM add-on, proceed as follows:

  1. Open the format project in the EFM designer tool.

  2. Select the Translation Explorer tab.

    All the translatable strings are displayed. The RPT file parameters are grouped by each source RPT file. Neither the RPT file parameters nor the validation messages are grouped by different mappings.

  3. Select the menu name, an RPT file parameter, or a validation message, and the Translation tab is automatically displayed in the work space.

  4. In the Text field of the corresponding language, enter the translation of the string in the base language.

  5. Save the translations by choosing   File   Save   or clicking (Save).

    After saving the translations, you can export them to an XML or CSV file.

Exporting Translations

For a GEP or BPP format project, you can export the translatable strings in the base language and their translations to an XML or CSV file. The export procedure is as follows:

  1. Open the format project in the EFM add-on.

  2. Choose   Project   Export Translation  .

  3. In the Save As dialog box, specify the file path, name, and type, and choose the Save button.

After export, you can modify the translations and then import the XML or CSV file back into the format project or other format projects with the same structure.

Caution Caution

The export XML or CSV file cannot be imported back into the original format project if you change the following items:

  • Menu

  • RPT file parameters

  • All strings in the base language

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Importing Translations

You can import translations in an XML or CSV file into a GEP or BPP format project.The import procedure is as follows:

  1. Open the format project in the EFM add-on.

  2. Choose   Project   Import Translation  .

  3. In the Open dialog box, find and select the XML or CSV file and choose the Open button.