Hi, Bhavbhuti.

>I have this proposal to develop an app which works both as English and French.
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>I do not mind having 2 compilations of the same app, but would like to avoid 2 sources at all costs.
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>I have heard of localization .h files which contains all the strings in it. So whenever I want to print a string I use the STRINGCONST_LOC kind of line to substitute the string for the given .h file. Am I correct in understanding this?
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>If the above is the way then how can I tackle menus prompts for this? I use class based menus and the prompt is stored in the class property, how can I assign the constant in a property?
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>What happens to the framework based messages, if the above is followed?
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>Can I get the app to switch languages on the fly so the person starting the app can switch between languages as required.

Indeed, the best approach would be to have a table to store the translations. Universal Thread works this way all the time. We support English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

In the case of Menu pads, if you're using class-based-menus, it wouldn't be a big problem. For generated menus, you can enter expressions for that.

You should also use a translation function or method in every place you have a framework message that should be translated. The same applies to reports, etc. All in all, it is a lot of work if you have the framework and the application already built.

There are several commercial frameworks you can use which have multi-language capabilities built in. You may take a look at them. I think Mere Mortals have it, and also VPM, Codemine, and others.

Best luck!