Onsdag 01 juli 2009 14:23:47 skrev Frédéric Delanoy: > Hi, > > I'm currently updating/fixing the (French translation of the) commdlg32 > dialogs. There is a warning in cdlg_XX.rc saying "WARNING: DO NOT CHANGE > THE SIZE OF THE STANDARD DIALOG TEMPLATES" > > However, e.g. in the standard "File Open" dialog, the standard size of > some labels (e.g. "File name") is too small for a correct translation, > and only the start of the message is shown (which is obviously wrong). > > I could manage to get correct translated version by modifying > "internal" sizes (while keeping the total size of the dialog the > same). > > Does the warning only apply to all localized versions, or just for the > English one? What are the potential problems if a dialog is slightly > adapted to fit a particular language? > > Frédéric
Changing the internal sizes should be ok; at least that's what Microsoft has done with some of the Norwegian dialogue boxes. Alexander N. Sørnes
