Generating Machine Object (MO) files
The final step in the localization process is that the PO file generated by Passolo can be converted to a binary Machine Object (MO) file using the msgfmt tool. If the translations are compiled into a binary file, access to the translations by the running target application is quicker.
Before you begin
The msgfmt utility for PO file validation is not distributed with Passolo. You need to install iconv.dll and msgfmt.exe separately and specify their path in the PO Parser Options dialog you will get to below.
- to get iconv.dll
- to get msgfmt.exe.
Copy iconv.dll in the folder where msgfmt.exe is.
Procedure
The dialog can be opened as follows: