Internationalization in Visual basic application

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rama - 28 Mar 2005 10:44 GMT

Hi,

I developed an application using Visual Basic 6.0. Now I have to support
internationalization and localization.
Is anybody implemented the internationalization in VB6.0? If so, please
provide information on how to implement and tools used?
Your help will be appritiated.

Thanks & Regards,
Rama

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Phil - 28 Mar 2005 11:47 GMT

How about using a resource file using stringtables, one per language?

Use the default RES editor from VB6 to create a stringtable, say for the
English US, use the resourceID's to label your strings and refer to
these in your code by using LoadResString(ResID)...

I do this almost daily to make my apps switch from French to English
based on the Windows version.

Phil

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rama - 28 Mar 2005 14:27 GMT

Phil,

Thank you. This appraoch will help to handle the text only.
What about the numbers, date,currentcy etc.
What other things to be considered while localization?
Are there any tools to find out all the strings in the application and to
translate to a specified language?

Thanks & Regards,
Rama

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Ralph - 28 Mar 2005 16:29 GMT

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A good place to start.
http://www.i18ngurus.com/
http://www.i18ngurus.com/docs/985072550.html

IMHO: The first step is to religiously separate the front-
end (presentation) from the backend.
Design the data store and stick with it. (ie, don't start
making 'exceptions' depending on locale.)
In most cases you will be better off designing separate
language-specific dialogs and forms for each language and
swapping them out than you will be trying to
build 'dynamic' forms that change shape, font, and size
on the 'fly'.

But that is only my opinion - your mileage may vary.

hth
-ralph

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