Localization of bundled apps

Dave Barker-Plummer dbp at stanford.edu
Tue May 28 10:01:07 PDT 2013


We have a Java application that is localized using the standard Java infrastructure.  However, menu items on the Application menu (Preferences, Quit, etc) are under the control of Mac OS X.  

For traditional, unbundled, apps with Java installed by Apple, it is sufficient to create folders in the app's Content/Resources folder for each known localization (E.g. zh.lproj).

However, for apps that carry their own JWN created by appbundler, the presence of these folders does not result in a localized application menu.

If this a bug in appbundler, or in the JDK?  Or has the mechanism for requesting a localized application men changed in JDK 1.7?

Anyone know?  Thanks in advance.

-- Dave





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