Re: Multilangual : how to?
From: Don Quijote de Nicaragua (BORRAESTOeldersoto_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/12/04
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:24:20 +0200
"Saga" <antiSpam@somewhere.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> Ouch!
>
> Then if I have 800 different messages, I have to define
> a constant for each one?
>
> What sort of overhead do resource files impose?
>
> For example, I have an Italian and English application.
> When I load each form, I have to check which language
> it should load, load it and then get the messages into
> the corresponding menu items, label, texts or whatever.
> Perhaps I could load them when the program starts and
> let the user stare at a splash screen while they all load, but
> I am not sure this is the best way to do it.
>
> I could also use a database and have a language table,
> but I still need to determine, load and then assign the
> messages. Would it be better/worse if I used a db instead?
>
> How about maintenance? If I misspell a word, or need to
> add a new message, do I need to recompile and distribute
> the application? Using a database does avoid having to
> recompile, but the matter of distribution is still an issue.
>
> Another idea would be to wrap a collection of messages
> around a class, then instantiate the right class for the selected
> language. I have to guess that that would be faster than
> going to a database, but it still leaves the problem of distribution,
> not to mention that the class would have to be recompiled,
> but if implemented as a DLL, at least it wouldn't involve
> recompiling the entire app.
>
> It seems that the issue, no matter what method is used,
> (even the textfile method) is the DLA factor (determine,
> load & assign). I guess it is just seeing which is better
> or more convenient.
>
> I know that resource files are the most applicable way
> of going multilingual, but I keep wondering if they are the best.
>
> Saga
> "Vikram Lele" <viklele@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:667002dd.0404120918.3d912b16@posting.google.com...
> > Instead of keeping the messages in the textfile, you can keep them in
> > the resource strings. You can add resource strings to your application
> > using "Resource Editor" add-in available under Tools menu in VB.
> >
> > You can separate equivalent messages of different languages by fixed
> > offsets. For example, if MSG1 in english is assigned resource ID 1000,
> > the corresponding french message could be at resource ID 2000, and
> > german message at resource ID 3000.
> >
> > In your application you should define constant for each messageID. For
> > example
> >
> > Public Const RES_MSG1 = 0
> > Public Const RES_MSG2 = 1
> >
> > etc...
> >
> > In your application, you can have a globally accessible variable which
> > sets the base offset (lets call this RES_BASE), and when you need to
> > read a message, you can use LoadResString call to load particular
> > message.
> >
> > for example, when your application is starting up for english, you
> > will set RES_BASE = 1000, and to load string corresponding to MSG1,
> > you will use the call LoadResString(RES_BASE + RES_MSG1).
> >
> > When your application starts up for french, you will set
> > RES_BASE=2000, but the rest of your application will not need to
> > change atall.
> >
> > One of our products, VLMenuPlus, a drop-in VB menu enhancer provides
> > multi-lingual menu support. We use a very similar scheme in there.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Regards,
> > Vikram
> > ______________________________________
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> >
> > "JohnK" <johnk@noreply.net> wrote in message
> news:<407aa73a$0$125$3a628fcd@reader3.nntp.hccnet.nl>...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is there a way to make an application multilangual? Until now I used a
> > > textfile with messages like: "M123=<text>" and than a textfile for
every
> > > language. I presume there is another way to accomplish this, i.e. by
> using a
> > > dll. I don't want the user to see textfiles and I want to manage the
> texts
> > > in an easy way.
> > > Now the app is reading the textfile completely when starting, but I
only
> > > want the messages (texts) when neede (=asked for). So I just want to
> create
> > > somethinmg like a language pack, but the app must remain the same all
> the
> > > time. (ofcourse after getting rid of the txt files)
> > > I hope somebody out ther has a solution and please an example.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > >
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