I seem to be having a problem accessing the resource information in dynamically loaded assemblies. This best explained using an example. I have a class called TestClass in a Test.dll. Using a TestClass.resx, TestClass.de.resx and a TestClass.de-AT.resx I can compile to the following struct...more >>

I have used ResourceWriter and ResourceReader for writing a reading resource files. What I want to know is, can I open a resource file in "Append" mode so that I can read entries from it and add new entries that don't yet exist ? Or will I have to open a ResourceReader, read and save all the...more >>

What do ImeMode.On and ImeMode.Off actually do ? From what I can see they don't appear to actually do anything. The documentation says that they turn the IME on and off but the IME remains active and usable even when a TextBox's ImeMode is Off. I'm obviously missing something but I don't see ...more >>

I have a series of forms and controls that I would like to localize using WinRes.exe. These forms come up OK with Visual Studio, but I get the error "Value does not fall within the expected range" when I attempt to bring up these forms with winres.exe Trolling newsgroups, I have discovered ...more >>

Hello everybody i have an assembly which uses satellite assemblies. The ResourceManager finds the resources and everything works fine. But when i make this assembly strong named by placing [assembly: AssemblyKeyFile(<path-to-Keyfile>)] in AsseblyInfo.cs and recompile my solution the Resourc...more >>

I know how to load Cultures & resources but I'm still unable to load my custom calender Cultureinfo ci= new Culureinfo("ar-EG"); Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = ci; ci.DateTimeFormat.Calender = new myproj.MyCal(); i get an error say that my calender is not correct for the specified cu...more >>

A japanese customer sent me a file, ids.txt, containing a list of Employeed ids. These ids are a mix of "Japanese Characters" and English characters. I can open this file in notepad on a Japanese enabled workstatation and when I do a File->Save, it shows the encoding as unicode. When I sa...more >>

We're introducing a new approach for producing internationalized and localized software. We invite criticism and comment on this "pseudo-localize first" strategy. Does it pass the "laugh test"? Pseudo-languages are nothing new to development of world-ready software. For years companies have ...more >>

Hi, A question regarding resources and localization: My application has several modules (some exes and some dlls). The exes are windows forms based modules built in C#. My solution has different projects for these exes and dlls. 1. I would like to have all the forms compiled as part ...more >>

I m working on an Arabic/English project. One of the first recommendations was the Mirroring technique for Controls that Do no draw themsleves from the Right . The mirroring can be applied successfully on the TabControl when it is running on (win2003 and Winxp - actually my testing environemnt...more >>

Hi, I have a very simple program below. I am trying to output Unicode characters in a file. ----------- ofstream logFile("myLog.txt"); logFile << L"ABC"; // In the actual scenario, the characters will include multinational characters. --------- After the program is run,...more >>

Hi, friends, Any one knows that where LPINPUTCONTEXT, IMMGWL_PRIVATE, IMMGWL_IMC, and etc. are defined? I included <imm.h> and <ime.h>, linked to imm32.dll, VC++ still complains that they are not defined. Thanks a lot....more >>

Hi. I am about to embark on a large asp.net project and I have a few basic globalisation questions that I would appreciate help with. 1. Does one need to cater for 'vertical' languages (Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc) or are there simplified versions that can be displayed horizontally? 2...more >>

Hi, I am writing a .NET based web application which is localized also. I am using Form Authentication and I use following code to transfer to the next page: FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage(email, false); Now on Session Start, I have following code: protected void Session_Start(...more >>

Hi, I am writing a .NET based web application which is localized also. I am using Form Authentication and I use following code to transfer to the next page: FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage(email, false); Now on Session Start, I have following code: protected void Session_Start(...more >>

What is the best approach to supporting multiple languages for lsit items serverd up from a database. For instance a french translation for the products table. These translations will have to availaible for reporting as well. From http://www.developmentnow.com/g/35_0_0_0_0_0/dotnet_internationali...more >>

Hi, I've got a simple C# app that needs to know where the Shared Docments folder is. So it dutifully calls SHGetFolderPath and retrieves it successfully on various languages - in particular Japanese. By looking at the value via MessageBox.Show() calls under True Japanese XP, I can asee...more >>

The System.Windows.Forms.Form.RightToLeft property doesn't respect GetProcessDefaultLayout. (I say this because calling SetProcessDefaultLayout before the form is created has no effect on the form yet GetProcessDefaultLayout reports that the default layout has been set). Why doesn't it respe...more >>

Hello, We're developing a system using the Crystal Reports tool bundled with Visual Studio .NET 2003 to build our reports. Our system is fully internationalized, but AFAIK there is no way to localize a Crystal report other than to translate every label yourself (maybe using a third party tr...more >>

Hi, I have an application which is going to need to be localized. It's been trivial to use the ResourceManager to enable me to store all my in-code strings within a text file and simply compile it to a resource DLL, having one for each language. What I'd like ot know is if there is an easy...more >>

I have a C# application on Windows 2000. When typing in a text box using the Japanese or Chinese keyboard, the characters appear properly. However, once focus is lost on the field, the characters display as a series of boxes. I must highlight the text, right-click, and select Reconversion in o...more >>

Hello, I have a stupid qustion, but I am not able to find the correct way of specifying an format-string which contains Right-to-Left strings... Here is the string: In english it should look like: "Param1: {0}, Param2: {1}" In hebrew it should look like: "{1} :1maraP ,{0} :2maraP" (...more >>

Hi, I am trying to display some chinese text in a RichTextBox but am having some problems. I open a .txt file which contains chinese text. I then convert the text using the appropriate codepage and the .NET Encoding class and the string in the debugger contains the correct chinese text. ...more >>

Can I specify the text of the "Browse..." button generated by this control (the html <input type="form"...> control)? It needs to be Japanese but I don't know how to tell the user agent that renders this control to display the "Browse..." text in Japanese. ...more >>