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Tab Management

In this tab you can create and edit a dictionary applying to more than one project or user. The dictionary is used to translate texts from project-related and project-independent EPLAN data.

Overview of the main dialog elements:

Dictionary:

Select the Access option here in order to then interactively select the *.mdb database file via [...].

You can use the Insert path variable popup menu item to branch to the dialog Select path variable where you can select one of the available path variables.

Or select the SQL server option and then one of the last 15 SQL databases used from the drop-down list. The databases used last are listed at the top. When opening / generating a new database that is not yet contained in the list, the lowest database may be removed from the list. The list can be deleted with the exception of the database currently being used by means of the popup menu item Delete entries.

Or click [...] to specify the settings for using an SQL server in the SQL server setting dialog.

(New):

The (New) button next to the Access and SQL Server fields allows you to create a new dictionary.

[Extras]:

Menu item

Meaning

Import

Opens the Import dictionary dialog. Enables you to import a dictionary. Files in XML format *.etd or in tab-separated Unicode format *.txt are possible.

Export

Opens the Export dictionary dialog. Allows you to export a dictionary. Files in XML format *.etd or in tab-separated Unicode format *.txt are possible.
In the next dialog, select the languages to be considered.

Export missing-word list

Opens the Export dictionary dialog. Allows you to export the missing-word list on the basis of the dictionary. Files in XML format *.etd or in tab-separated Unicode format *.txt are possible.
In the next dialog, select the languages to be considered.

Compress

Compresses the selected dictionary. Data and memory segments are merged. Performing this minimizes the memory that is required to save the data and to reduce file access times.

Note:

If you perform an export using the Export missing-word list menu option, the language selected as source language in the translation settings on the General tab is used as the source language (i.e. the language in which you enter the entries in the dictionary). The menu path to the translation settings is: Options > Settings > Projects > "Project name" > Translation > General.

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