Grig, It could have been worse ... it could have been written in Gaelic! Dave C
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grigore Dolghin Sent: 29 October 2010 06:43 To: [email protected] Subject: Multilingual on steroids. Doh. I have inherited an application which has multilingual interface. The guys that originally designed the multilingual thingie are very proud of it. The only problem is they don’t speak any foreign language (they’re Irish). Oh well. lblRows.Caption = Transform(Reccount(“crsCursor”) + App.Translate(“rows”) + App.Translate(“returned.”) I will let you guess what happens when this goes translated to a different language. And the worse thing of all is (and this is where the message subject comes from) they have translated the menu shortcuts. At first glance seems ok. Open… Ctrl+O for English. Deschidere… Ctrl+D for Romanian and so on. Problem is this approach f*cks up the QA guys and the power users badly, because it changes the keyboard shortcuts and you never know what the heck you’re supposed to press in order to bring a specific form on screen. Don’t do it, guys. It is bad. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. --------------------------------------------------------------- This communication and the information it contains is intended for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. Its contents are confidential and may be protected in law. If you have received this e-mail in error you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. Unauthorised use, copying or disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or email. Flexipol Packaging Ltd. has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise the risk of virus transmission through email and therefore any files sent via e-mail will have been checked for known viruses. However, you are advised to run your own virus check before opening any attachments received as Flexipol Packaging Ltd will not in any event accept any liability whatsoever once an e-mail and/or any attachment is received. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that they have adequate virus protection. Flexipol Packaging Ltd. Unit 14 Bentwood Road Carrs Industrial Estate Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5HH Tel:01706-222792 Fax: 01706-224683 www.Flexipol.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
