Store metadata per segment (SetMetaData)

Question

Hi, 
 I would like to store some metadata in a project per segment (e.g. an additional identifier). For example, for segment 10, this would look like: ActiveDocument.SegmentPairs.ElementAt(10).Target.Properties.TranslationOrigin.SetMetaData("MyKey", "Meta data information"); 
 This used to work in the past. However, after doing this on a Japanese translation segment, it does not seem to work anymore. After executing this code, "MyKey" is not added. However, in the debugger, when I invoke this method, the item is added to MetaData. Does anyone has a clue? Are there other (better) ways to store information at a segment? Best regards, Henk

Romulus Crisan (former member) · Accepted Answer

The fix will be released as part of the CU3 update. At the moment this update is in beta, more details about that here .

Paul · Answer

Hello Henk, 
 There has been some enhancements in this area in CU10 for Studio 2014. So if you only just updated then this is probably why your functionality broke. Take a look at this article written by Romulus Crisan (former member) ... he can't respond right now as he's on a flight but if you're still struggling he can probably look later on.

These changes will also apply for Studio 2015 so good for you to incorporate them now. 
 Regards

Romulus Crisan (former member) · Answer

The reason this is not working is because the property you are changing is actually a clone of the first one. More on this you can find in here: 
 
 Now the suggestion made by Paul is correct but after you reply I made some deeper investigation and it seems that this exact feature didn't catch the CU10 release and it will be available only Studio 2015. I will update my article and mention this. 
 To try an fix your problem you can use Process Segment Pairs method which can do the exact same thing as the update method but you will need to add more boilerplate code.

Henk Boxma · Answer

Hi Romulus, I added the following class. When you call the contructor, then it will add the metadata to the specified segment id. public class SegmentpairMetadata { int _segmentid = 0; string _key = null; string _value = null; ///

/// Ctor. Set the meta data for the segment. ///

public SegmentpairMetadata(Document activeDocument, int segmentId, string key, string value) { _segmentid = segmentId; _key = key; _value = value; activeDocument.ProcessSegmentPairs("DQF_metadata", UpdateSegmentPairProperties); } private void UpdateSegmentPairProperties(ISegmentPair segmentPair, CancelEventArgs e) { if (segmentPair.Properties.Id.Id == _segmentid.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)) { segmentPair.Properties.TranslationOrigin.SetMetaData(_key, _value); } } }

Romulus Crisan (former member) · Answer

So are you saying that the SetMetaData function is not working when you call it or that the above code is not working? The reason I'm asking is because I know that there are some problem with determining the ActiveDocument in this multiple file case. Not sure how currentfileid is determined but if this is null you'll have to do a workaround in how you obtain the ActiveDocument. You can find the workaround here .

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