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The dialog is used to select the textual information which should be used in the localization template.

Table 643: “Include the Following Information”

“Names”

Text such as dialog titles and object names in the device tree

“Identifier”

Variable identifiers

Example: ‎Counter‎

“Strings”

Example: ‎'count'‎ in the declaration ‎strVar: STRING := 'count';‎

“Comments”

Comment text in the POUs

“Position information”

Selection of which positions of the selected text categories in the project should be included in the translation file

The position information is located in the first line(s) of a segment for a translation. Example:

‎#: D:\Proj1.project\Project_Settings:1‎

‎msgid "Project Settings"‎

‎msgstr ""‎

  • “All”: All detected positions of the text are listed.

  • “First appearance”: In the translation file, the position is included in the project where the text to be translated appears for the first time.

  • “None”

“Create”

The button opens the dialog for saving a file. The translation template is created in a text file of type ‎*.pot‎ (portable object template). A completely new template file is created each time the button is clicked.