Internationalization and Localization Using Microsoft .NET by Nick Symmonds

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Internationalization and Localization utilizing Microsoft .NET is meant to be a complete dialogue of the way to localize code utilizing visible Studio .NET. writer Nick Symmonds understands the benefits of getting ready for localization within the layout degree and the hazards of localizing a undertaking after the very fact, and he discusses either tools of localizing code during this e-book. All facets of localization are tested, from dealing with date, time, and forex and textual content facts, to constructing multilingual consumer interfaces and aid records. He additionally covers visible Studio's localization positive aspects and instruments intensive and provides the professionals and cons of every to the reader.

Internationalization and Localization utilizing Microsoft .NET is exclusive in that it covers either C# and VB .NETall examples are awarded in either languages. This language-independent technique is vital on condition that huge platforms might use either languages, and the principals mentioned may be utilized to different .NET languages in addition. a number of the center themes lined are as follows:

  • The Globalization and assets namespaces, which relate on to localization
  • Resource records and the way they're utilized in .NET
  • Visual and command-line instruments that relief in localization
  • In intensity dialogue of layout and implementation of world-ready courses

Also incorporated is a entire instance of a source editor, with code supplied in either C# and VB .NET. This venture is not just worthy as product in itself, but additionally instructive in the right way to write really advanced code in either .NET languages.

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Listing 3-6. Caption = LoadStringRes(STR_CHECKBOX) End Sub This code populates the text fields of all the controls with the correct strings. Note that you use your new string function. Add some code to the buttons to change languages and to exit the program when done. The code for this is shown in Listing 3-7. Listing 3-7. Switching languages Private Sub cmdEnglish_Click() Call UseEnglishLanguage Call LoadStrings End Sub Private Sub cmdSpanish_Click() Call LoadAltlanguage Call LoadStrings End Sub Private Sub cmdQuit_Click() End End Sub 47 Chapter3 Creating Multilingual Resource Files The last thing you do is to create two resource files.

In DOS you had to change the code page with some DOS commands. Needless to say, using code pages was not the most elegant way of enabling different character sets to be displayed on your screen. 30 Aspects ofLocalization I could go on and make this book quite a bit heavier with code page information. However the preferred method is definitely to use Unicode. NET is totally new and Unicode-based I will not go into any more depth on code pages. Relating Double Byte Character Sets to Unicode What about Eastern languages where Chinese for instance has over 5000 characters?

They have all the same characters but the ASCII number is different for both. This was quite a problem for the multilingual programmer always having to keep track of what code page you might be working from. Imagine trying to send a text file that was rendered using a certain code page to someone. Chaos could easily ensue if the person you sent it to was not up on code pages. I once had to send out English text to be translated into Cyrillic to be used on an embedded system. There were constant phone calls and emails about which code page was being used and how to represent it.

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