System Messages Manager

System Messages Manager

All system messages or texts (administration / web controls) can be very easily translated as these messages are stored inside an external Xml file located by default in the "XmlData/Languages/" directory. Each language has its own Xml file with the messages in that language. By default Feedback Server comes with English and French Xml files.

We can make a new language Xml either manually by copying the template native.xml file, renaming the copy to our local language code and translate the values inside it. We can also use the System Messages Manager for a more user friendly experience.

As the Xml file contains also the survey web control's system messages like error messages or submit buttons texts (xx is required, next page etc...) we could change these messages by changing the current language Xml. However its is important to note that these changes will affect all Feedback Server users.

Messages Manager

Translate Messages Into is the target language in which we want to translate the messages.
Web Server's Application Language is the current language of the web application in which Feedback Server is running in.
Percent Of Messages Translated is the percent of messages that were already translated in the target language.

Messages Translation

Show All messages.
Show Translated all messages that were already translated.
Show UnTranslated all messages that are not translated.
Control Messages are the message that appear either in the survey or report web control.
Admin Messages are the messages on the Feedback Server's administration interface.
Orginal Default Text is the original text.
xxx's Text is the translated text.
Update Language Message will update the Xml language file of the target language, if no Xml file exists for the target language a new one will be created. If we want to update the messages of the current web application language we have to select the same target language as the web server's application language.
Sync 2 Letter Code Language some languages can have regional codes like "en-US" is for the US English. If Feedback Server cannot find a matching 2 letter code for a given language it will try to match the single letter code like "en" for English codes.