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View 4. The Groups Tab
The Groups tab view, like all tab views, looks and functions differently when working with the resource bundle as a whole than when working with an individual resource file. For an overview of this difference see View 1. RB Manager adds a level of heirarchy not commonly found in resource bundles. This addtional level is called Groups. For more information on Resource Groups see the Tutorial.
Working with a Resource Bundle
The screen shot below shows RB Manager and a view of groups for the entire resource bundle.
Unlike the Untranslated tab view, this view allows the editing of resources. Editing or adding resources at this level affects the resource bundle as a whole. Thus if a resource has all ready been translated in a resource file, it will be marked as untranslated to reflect the change in the entire bundle.
Editing a resource is as simple as selecting the group from the drop down box at the top of the screen, double clicking a resource, making the desired change, and clicking 'Edit' on the dialog box resulting from the double click. Optionally, the resource can be edited by selecting it and pressing the 'Edit Resource' button instead of double clicking.
The Resource Group can also be edited. The name and comment associate with the group can be changed by pressing the 'Edit Group' button. Pressing the 'Delete Group' button will delete both the group and all resources contained within it. A dialog will prompt you when this button is pressed to make sure this is what you intend to do.
Resources created in the Group view will by default be placed in the group currently being shown. This can be changed however by selecting another group name from the resource creation dialog box.
This view is probably the most commonly used view by developers inserting new resources into a bundle.
Working with a Resource File
The next screen shot shows the Group tab view when working with an individual resource file.
The functionality of this view mostly mirrors that of the Untranslated tab view. More on that view is found in View 3. The only addition is that resources all ready marked as translated can be seen and edited from this view. Selecting a group from the drop down box will update the display with all resources, translated or not, from that group.