How-to: Translate using Mobile Messages

Description

Create multilingual customizations using Mobile Messages.

Use cases

Modify existing translations
Support multiple languages with your customization

Behavior on the device

The field "Language Code" on Mobile Users, determines what Mobile Messages are used.

Mobile Messages can be added by code as we will do in this example.

Step 1 - Adding mobile messages

Using event OnAddMessages.

Adding a Mobile Message and translations for English and Danish
The _LanguageCode corresponds to Mobile Language

[EventSubscriber(ObjectType::Codeunit, Codeunit::"MOB WMS Language", 'OnAddMessages', '', true, true)]

local procedure MyOnAddMessages(_LanguageCode: Code[10]; var _Messages: Record "MOB Message")

begin

if _LanguageCode = 'ENU' then

_Messages.Create('ENU', 'MYSIGNATUREHELPLABEL', 'Make sure to verify the picked items.'); // Create English translation for my custom mobile message

if _LanguageCode = 'DAN' then

_Messages.Create('DAN', 'MYSIGNATUREHELPLABEL', 'Kontollér de plukkede varer.'); // Create Danish translation for my custom mobile message

end;

Step 2 - Using the mobile message as "label" for a header step on posting picks

Using event OnPostPickOrder_OnAddStepsToAnyHeader.

Changing the "label" on Signature Step to use the new mobile message.
See also Step Configuration Matrix

[EventSubscriber(ObjectType::Codeunit, Codeunit::"MOB WMS Pick", 'OnPostPickOrder_OnAddStepsToAnyHeader', '', true, true)]

local procedure MyOnPostPickOrder_OnAddStepsToAnyHeader(var _OrderValues: Record "MOB Common Element"; _RecRef: RecordRef; var _StepsElement: Record "MOB Steps Element")

var

MobWmsLanguage: Codeunit "MOB WMS Language";

begin

// Break if new step is already collected to prevent infinite loop

if _OrderValues.HasValue('MySignatureStep') then

exit;

// Create a new Signature step

_StepsElement.Create_SignatureStep(10000, 'MySignatureStep');

_StepsElement.Set_helpLabel(MobWmsLanguage.GetMessage('MYSIGNATUREHELPLABEL')); // Set HelpLabel to use my custom mobile message

end;

Step 3 - Trigger "OnAddMessages"-event

With the above event subscribers active, go to Business Central

Open the Mobile Language-page
Select the language
Select action "Mobile Message"
Select action "Create Messages"
Repeat step 1-4 for each language, in this case ENU and DAN

Alternatively, you can write an Installation Codeunit that uses Codeunit "MOB WMS Language" to create the message in Step 1.

Editing Mobile Messages manually

You can always edit Edit Mobile Messages manually from the WebClient.