Re: An effective way to Localize my Revolution Projects for Multiple Languages

2007-02-17 Thread Joel Guillod
- Property profiles are nice, but it means that I have to store all of the language data for each object within a profile, making it harder to make changes to the text. Many replies but none commenting about profiles. As the gandfather of Richard used to say, "When a designer is faced with

Re: An effective way to Localize my Revolution Projects for Multiple Languages

2007-02-17 Thread Rob Cozens
Hi Derek, I should ask this question of the list, just to see if anyone has found an effective way of working with Localized (multiple-language) projects. Most of the common approaches have been described by others; so I would only add: * Saving all program text and prompts in a different t

Re: An effective way to Localize my Revolution Projects for Multiple Languages

2007-02-16 Thread Richard Gaskin
Lynn Fredricks wrote: The one downside to almost any method is that you still have to go through and look at your interface to make sure what you've swapped fits. Text expansion can increase your strings by 20-50%. This raises a third reason to consider a very important feature: resolution ind

Re: An effective way to Localize my Revolution Projects for Multiple Languages

2007-02-16 Thread Jim Ault
On 2/16/07 11:14 AM, "Derek Bump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Klaus Major wrote: >> Drum Roll! >> Nothing sucks like the ELECTROLUX! > > LOL... Yup, I would like to avoid mistakes like that (which may explain > why Electrolux was bought out). > Actually, it was sucked up by a competitor Jim Au

RE: An effective way to Localize my Revolution Projects for Multiple Languages

2007-02-16 Thread Lynn Fredricks
> > - Placing all text in a file, and then just translating the file to > > multiple languages when building the standalone would be preferred, > > but that would require some massive scripting to populate > button and > > field labels, etc. > > ... > > Any ideas? ... Please! > > I've used the

Re: An effective way to Localize my Revolution Projects for Multiple Languages

2007-02-16 Thread Derek Bump
Klaus Major wrote: Drum Roll! Nothing sucks like the ELECTROLUX! LOL... Yup, I would like to avoid mistakes like that (which may explain why Electrolux was bought out). Well, I'm going to be on a little vacation for the next two days, but Thank you Klaus, Scott and Richard for your helpful

Re: An effective way to Localize my Revolution Projects for Multiple Languages

2007-02-16 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Richard, ... And of course it pays to have a native speaker do the actual translation, esp. one who is also expert in the domain the application supports. On our project this for that was easy, since one of the company owners is an Australian doctor. But the last thing you want to d

Re: An effective way to Localize my Revolution Projects for Multiple Languages

2007-02-16 Thread Richard Gaskin
Derek Bump wrote: Now before I start down my typical path of re-inventing the wheel, I felt I should ask this question of the list, just to see if anyone has found an effective way of working with Localized (multiple-language) projects. I have never done any work with creating localized proj

Re: An effective way to Localize my Revolution Projects for Multiple Languages

2007-02-16 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Derek Bump wrote: > Now before I start down my typical path of re-inventing the wheel, I > felt I should ask this question of the list, just to see if anyone has > found an effective way of working with Localized (multiple-language) > projects. > ... > - Placing all text in a file, and t

Re: An effective way to Localize my Revolution Projects for Multiple Languages

2007-02-16 Thread Klaus Major
Hi, Hi Derek, Now before I start down my typical path of re-inventing the wheel, I felt I should ask this question of the list, just to see if anyone has found an effective way of working with Localized (multiple-language) projects. I have never done any work with creating localized pro

Re: An effective way to Localize my Revolution Projects for Multiple Languages

2007-02-16 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Derek, Now before I start down my typical path of re-inventing the wheel, I felt I should ask this question of the list, just to see if anyone has found an effective way of working with Localized (multiple-language) projects. I have never done any work with creating localized projects.

An effective way to Localize my Revolution Projects for Multiple Languages

2007-02-16 Thread Derek Bump
Now before I start down my typical path of re-inventing the wheel, I felt I should ask this question of the list, just to see if anyone has found an effective way of working with Localized (multiple-language) projects. I have never done any work with creating localized projects. I know that