TcEventConfigurator - File Formats
The TcEventConfigurator offers The following formats:
Format | File Extension | Description |
|---|---|---|
Event Configuration Project Ex | ecpx | Native TcEventConfigurator format. This is a improved version of to ecp format |
Event Configuration Project | ecp | Native TcEventConfigurator format. Was replaced by the ecpx format |
TcXMLFormatter | xml | Load/Save data from XML files. |
TcEventFormatter | tps | Load/Save data from the Project Storage. |
Excel | xls | Load/Save Data to Excel xls Files. Used to exchange data with translation bureaus. |
Plain Text Format | txt | Load/Save data from txt files. |
Format features
Not all formats support all features of the TcEventConfigurator. See a table of supported features below.
If you do not have special needs that require usage of another than the ecp format you should always decide for that format as it is the configurators native format and will always support every feature of the Configurator.
Format | Activation * | Save event properties ** | Save multiple Source IDs *** |
|---|---|---|---|
ecpx | x | x | x |
ecp | x | x | x |
xml | x | x | x |
tps | x | x |
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xls |
| x | x |
txt |
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* If a configuartion is activated, the TcEventLogger will search this database for message texts.
** Event properies are the event type (Warning/Message/...), Priority etc.
*** The Multiple Source ID feature is that one actual Source is associated with multiple SourceIDs.
Plain Text Format Description
The Plain Text Format can be used for transmission to translation bureaus. It stores data in human readable form and can be modified by hand. See the sample below on how to extend a text file with another language:
This sample configuration shows a basic Plain Text Document, containing the languages German and English.
Size[1,1,1]
Sourcename [0,1031] ='Ursprung'
Sourcename [0,1033] ='Source'
Message [0,1,1031] ='Meldungstext'
Message [0,1,1033] ='Message String'
DocLink [0,1,'New Doklink 1',1031] ='www.anyurl.de'
DocLink [0,1,'New Doklink 1',1033] ='www.anyurl.com'
To add a third language to the Configuration you just have to copy a line and change the Language ID (blue) and the text for it (green).
Check the following example for details:
Size[1,1,1]
Sourcename [0,1031] ='Ursprung'
Sourcename [0,1033] ='Source'
Sourcename [0,1034] ='Fuente'
Message [0,1,1031] ='Meldungstext'
Message [0,1,1033] ='Message String'
Message [0,1,1034] ='Texto'
DocLink [0,1,'New Doklink 1',1031] ='www.anyurl.de'
DocLink [0,1,'New Doklink 1',1033] ='www.anyurl.com'
DocLink [0,1,'New Doklink 1',1034] ='www.anyurl.es'
The following table gives a list of some common LCIDs*.
LCID | Description |
|---|---|
1031 | German |
1033 | US English |
1034 | Spanish |
1036 | French |
* See the MSDN for detailed information.