At 12:00am -0800 00-12-21, Palm Developer Forum digest wrote:
>Subject: Localization question
>From: "Darren Lee Ang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:51:25 -0800
>X-Message-Number: 44
>
>I'm trying to find some articles to help me figure out what's involved in
>localizing a product.
>All I've seen is multi-byte (MBCS) stuff, but nothing on double-byte (DBCS),
>which I remember
>was something that went with Japanese localization.
>
>I can't find anything helpful from PalmOS, other than the generic, make sure
>you're strings are
>in resources, leave space in the UI, etc.
>
>What about the tools?
>I'm new to the PalmOS dev environment (coming from the MS supported Windows
>env), so
>would someone be kind enough to point me in the right direction(s)?
As somebody else pointed out, there's a chapter in the docs on
localization. The short answers are:
1. Put all of your UI (not just strings) into resources.
2. Use the Text Mgr routines whenever you're manipulating text data
at the character level.
3. Use Constructor to localize the UI.
-- Ken
Ken Krugler
TransPac Software, Inc.
<http://www.transpac.com>
+1 530-470-9200
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