Sugar Developer Guide Version 5.1

Languages

It is possible to override display string values for a given language and create entirely new strings used by new custom fields.

Master Directories

Files in these directories can be edited and new files can be added to these directories.

•	/custom/include/language/ (for $app_strings or $app_list_strings)

•	/custom/Extension/application/Ext/Include/

•	/custom/Extension/modules/<MODULE_NAME>/Ext/Language/ (for $mod_strings only)

Production Directories

Files in these directories are auto-generated by the system.

•	/custom/include/language/<LANGUAGE_TAG>.lang.ext.php

•	/custom/modules/<MODULE_NAME>/Ext/Languages/<LANGUAGE_TAG>.lang.ext.php

Description

Language files either replace entirely or add to the translated language items available to a module. In the Master Directories you can have many files like:

•	/custom/Extension/modules/Leads/Ext/Language/en_us.Custom_strings.php

•	/custom/Extension/modules/Leads/Ext/Language/en_us.Custom_Languages.php

During the repair function (Admin->Repair->Quick Repair and Rebuild), all of these files will be merged together into the production directory and they become the file:

/custom/modules/Leads/Ext/Language/en_us.lang.ext.php

For example, a language extension file for the Calls module could contain the following:

/custom/Extension/modules/Calls/ext/Languages/en_us.Import_Menu.php

<?php

// adding Import field changes

$mod_strings['LNK_IMPORT_CALLS'] = 'Import Calls';

$mod_strings['LBL_MODIFIED_NAME'] = 'Modified By';

$mod_strings['LBL_PARENT_TYPE'] = 'Parent Type';

$mod_strings['LBL_PARENT_ID'] = 'Parent ID';

?>

This would add four new display strings to the Calls module.