Recently, we got a requirement to localize the dynamics portal for different languages.
Usually, It works well for the OOB forms and fields.
Some places, we have made custom validation/error messages, UI changes, added more custom functionality for end user requirements. These parts, we need to do some logic to make the localization. If we are using the web templates / liquid templates, we can utilize the content snippets.
Here is link which has steps to enable multiple languages in portal.
Lets come to my requirement. so we decided to have one localization file which is in JSON format. we will check the user’s language on load of the form and set the labels accordingly.
Sample format in localization file
[
{
"SnippetName": "fn_contactlibrary",
"LstValues": [
{
"LanugageCode": 1033,
"SnippetValue": "contact Library"
},
{
"LanugageCode": 1031,
"SnippetValue": "Kontakt Bibliothek"
}
]
}
]
here is the java-script snippet which helps to load the web files ( where i have stored the localization json file)
// below function load the specified webfile into ldData variable
var lpData = $.ajax({
url: "~/localization",
dataType: 'json',
data: null,
async: false
});
lpData = lpData["responseJSON"];
// this function helps to get the required snippet by its name and lang // code
function GetLocalizedContent(lpData, sName, lCode) {
var sValue = "";
$.each(lpData, function(i, item) {
if (item.SnippetName == sName) {
item.LstValues.filter(function(i, n) {
if (item.LstValues[n].LanugageCode == lCode) {
sValue = item.LstValues[n].SnippetValue;
}
});
}
});
return sValue;
}
Hope it helps you in some point to extend the localization in Dynamics portal.
Please do let me know your comments and thoughts on this post.
