Tickets :: Comment on [#13655] add windows platform support in dynamic calendar view

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Comment	> The text below is a copy of the mailing traffic: > **************************************************************************** > For some time now I can't edit or add events in the dynamic view. No > problem in editing or adding in the simple view! > > So I did some debug in FireBug and the reason is a undefined > 'date_format' in the javascript file kronolith.js, function getDate: > getDate: function(what) { > var dateElm, timeElm, date, time; > if (what == 'start') { > dateElm = 'kronolithEventStartDate'; > timeElm = 'kronolithEventStartTime'; > } else { > dateElm = 'kronolithEventEndDate'; > timeElm = 'kronolithEventEndTime'; > } > date = Date.parseExact($F(dateElm), Kronolith.conf.date_format) > \|\| Date.parse($F(dateElm)); > if (date) { > time = Date.parseExact($F(timeElm), > Kronolith.conf.time_format); > if (!time) { > time = Date.parse($F(timeElm)); > } > if (time) { > date.setHours(time.getHours()); > date.setMinutes(time.getMinutes()); > } > } > return date; > }, > > Kronolith.conf.date_format is for some reason undefined. > When I look via FireBug into the object 'Kronolith' I see two child > objects 'conf' and 'text'. In the child object 'conf' I see a > defined 'time_format', but no 'date_format'. > When I define via FireBug a 'date_format', everything is working, I > can add and edit events in the dynamic view! > > ************************************************************************************ > > I found two problems under windows causing the above described problems: > 1. the php function nl_langinfo is used, but this function isn't > implemented on windows platforms > 2. the php function setlocale is used, but the locale strings used are > not the same on windows platforms > > For the first problem a workaround exists by simulating the missing > function. Paul Kemper did write a 'windows' nl_langinfo function. This > function is too long to include here, but I can send it if requested. > There was still a bug in his function for the D_FMT locale and > strftime parameter '%e'. The latter isn't implemented on windows, so > it must be replaced by '%#d'. > And because of this the function translateFormat in Datejs.php > (C:\php\pear\Horde\Core\Script\Package\Datejs.php) must be adapted for > the '%e' translation, no leading space on windows: > / > * Translates date format strings from strftime to datejs. > * > * @param string $format A date format string in strftime syntax. > * > * @return string The date format string in datejs format. > */ > static public function translateFormat($format) > { > $from = array('%e', '%-d', '%d', '%a', '%A', '%-m', '%m', > '%h', '%b', '%B', '%y', '%Y'); > $to = array('d', 'd', 'dd', 'ddd', 'dddd', 'M', 'MM', 'MMM', > 'MMM', 'MMMM', 'yy', 'yyyy'); > if (defined('D_FMT')) { > $from[] = '%x'; > $to[] = str_replace($from, $to, Horde_Nls::getLangInfo(D_FMT)); > } > return str_replace($from, $to, $format); > } > > Add the simulated function nl_langinfo as an include in the Nls.php > file (C:\php\pear\Horde\Nls.php): > include( 'WindowsNl_LangInfo.php' ); > > For the second problem, I first created a new nls.local.php > configuration file (C:\Apache24\htdocs\webmail\config\nls.local.php) > with the windows locales strings: > 'usa_usa' => '‭English (American)', > 'uk_uk' => '‭English (British)', > 'canadian_can' => '‭English (Canadian)', > 'fra_fra' => 'FranÃ§ais', > 'nld_nld' => 'Nederlands' > And then modified the function setLanguage in Registry.php > (C:\php\pear\Horde\Registry.php) to not include 'UTF-8', also not > supported on each windows platform. > But that didn't work, I'm missing something I think. > If I hard code the wanted language 'nld_nld' in the function > setLanguage, then it works. Of course the user can't change the > language anymore. That's not a problem for me, but as generic > solution, this can't be coded like this! > > With all these changes the agenda is now working in the wanted > language, I can now add events, delete and change events. > But it is not future proof, the next upgrade of horde will delete the > changes and I'm back at the beginning. > The key question is, will horde support an installation on windows in > the future? For this to happen, the code must be made cross-platform... >
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