system ui messages with dynamic variable

[kdevireddy]

Hi

I am trying to create a new system ui message with dynamic argument which needs to be translated

Here I am sharing how it's configured

alert(getMessage('Additional company'+i+'details' must be entered'));

and   have created entry in ui messages table - with key   'Additional company'+i+'details' must be entered' in English and French values. But alert is not getting values from message table.

Please help.

Thanks,

Kiran

[Andras Kisgyorg]

Hi Kiran,

If you want to concatenate your message and put in some variables, you would need to call getMessage() for each part of the message:

(I assume "i" variable is a string - if not, it needs to be converted into a string first)

alert(getMessage('Additional company') + i + getMessage('details must be entered'));

And create a separate message translation records for each part with a key between the quotation marks above.

Hope this helps.

Andras

[kdevireddy]

Thanks Andras,

Actual message is lengthier   and using "i" multiple places in that message. So i am trying alternate way.

But this is really helpful.

[hakan]

You can achieve what you want by making use of javascript replace function.

In this way you will be able to use the same message/translation both at client and server side scripts.

Example:

var msg = getMessage('Incident {0} is created').replace('{0}', current.number); 

[Alikutty A · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Here is how dynamic variables can be passed to messages

Single Parameter passing, Message sample "Incident {0} is created"

var msg = gs.getMessage('Incident {0} is created', current.number); // This is how you replace variable

Multiple parameter passing, Message sample "Incident {0} is updated to State: {1}"

                  var arr = [];

                  arr.push(current.number);

                  arr.push(current.state);

                  var msg = gs.getMessage('Incident {0} is updated to State: {1}', arr);

In your case. The message should be,   "Additional company {0} details must be entered" and you should replace this in your code

gs.getMessage('Additional company {0} details must be entered', i );