How to create your own language file for Koda

  1. If you made translation first time, you can skip this step and use template included in this archive.
    Run Koda, go to Options -> Language. Check Active language - your new template will be based on this language. Then click Create template button - new template named template_xxx.xml (where xxx - code of currently selected language) will be created in the Language subfolder under Koda's folder.

  2. Now you can translate sentences in template_xxx.xml file. You can use some XML editor or just text editor like notepad. If you will be use plain text editor, note & entity - this designate symbol &, which used for hotkeys.
    Note: Only XML text should be translated, not properties!

  3. Edit name, nativename, version, author of template.

  4. Now you ready to add country icon. Run add_icon.au3 script, in first field choose your translated template, in second - your country flag icon from "Country_icons" subfolder, in third - name of your translation, this should be in form lang_###.xml, where ### - three-letter code of your language. Now you ready for conversion - click Save button and you done! This step needed only once, when saving template in the future, Koda will save icon as well.

  5. Copy language file to the Language subfolder, run Koda, go to Options -> Language, choose new language and test it!