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24/02/2000 12:25:06
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00335913
Message ID:
00336863
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31
Something like that. It's been a while since I had to do a real multilingual application (and that was in FoxPro 2.0). Steven Black has his INTL toolkit which a lot of people like. If you go to his website (www.stevenblack.com) I believe that he has a demo available. You might want to look at it.

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>I'm interesting (from my curiosity, as always, not in real app right now). How can you create multilingual interface? In Mike's idea, I assume, he has a table, like:
>real_field_name CaptionEng CaptionRus CaptionFr etc. or something similar. Then just assign the language in main program (or config.fpw) and, viola, all user interface is in French now... Am I right?
>
>>No no no. That's captions bound to the UI, *not* the data. A different animal. I do multilingual apps where I play that trick. See the difference?
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>>>>Give me a scenario where a Caption as a persistent property bound to data is required?
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>>>Like in our scenario, a shrink wrapped Inventory Managment System. A cleint wants to use our software after many years with another package. What maybe the equivalant to an Item "Class" in our software, maybe an item "Family" in their mind.
>>>
>>>Shwpwewp. Thats the sound of 1 quick change to a table (not the DBC) and could make a change on any form. No biggie.
>>>
>>>Also, it may be nice for a lowscale bilingual app.
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05
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