Hello Patrik, Romulus, SDL developers,

I went a little further with my idea to alter target segments with the ProcessSegmentPairs method.

I can use the target.clear() method to erase the content of the target segment but I was not able to insert any text in it. If I try to add a clone of the source, the sdlxliff gets broken because <mrk> tags get duplicated.

and if I try to add the source subitems, I get an error each time that I'm trying to add an element in a collection which already exists.

Am I doing something wrong here?

Thanks for your help

Sébastien

Hello Patrik, Romulus, SDL developers,

I went a little further with my idea to alter target segments with the ProcessSegmentPairs method.

I can use the target.clear() method to erase the content of the target segment but I was not able to insert any text in it. If I try to add a clone of the source, the sdlxliff gets broken because <mrk> tags get duplicated.

and if I try to add the source subitems, I get an error each time that I'm trying to add an element in a collection which already exists.

Am I doing something wrong here?

Thanks for your help

Sébastien

In order to manipulate the target segment you need to use Bilingual API from Studio File Type Framework. You can have a look at this Overview of the Bilingual API. Also you can read my article about How to access segment tags using Studio File Type Framework where you might find some useful information.

Hi Sebastien,

Did you have any luck modifying target?

I was trying the new Batch API but could not find a way to modify target (other than doing my own xml parsing...)

Hi Romulus,

I managed to change existing target segments, but cannot handle empty Target Segment case.

I have tried to add a new target segment: created by ActiveDocument.ActiveSegmentPair.CreateSegment(ISegmentPairProperties properties).

But after call of following code, the UI freezes:

if (segmentPair.Target.Count == 0) {

 var segment = CreateSegment(answer, segmentPair.Properties);

 segmentPair.Target.Add(segment);

 _editorController.ActiveDocument.UpdateSegmentPair(segmentPair);

}

 Can you help me, how to:

1) Create successfully a target segment (with a simple IText content)

2) Or Copy source to target (as a workaround)

Thanks

Please have a look at this article on how to create/update a segment: