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How to write an app with multi langues
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From
19/04/2005 21:51:06
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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19/04/2005 21:44:49
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Visual FoxPro
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Other
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01006096
Message ID:
01006429
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>Hi.
>I think your ideas that will help to solve my problem. Thank you very much.I will try do it.
>Canh

I forgot to mention that another alternative, instead of having the texts in a table (DBF), is to have them in text files, similar to INI files. My "backup" program shows you a way of reading variables from text files.

The advantage of a text file is that the end-user can easily translate it into additional languages. A disadvantage is that you don't have an organized structure (as in a DBF), so it may be more difficult to upgrade to a more recent version of your program (with more text variables).

You can also combine both, with a small utility program that converts from DBF to text and back. The end-user sees the text, you manage the DBF to facilitate upgrades.
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