You may want to take a look at INTL. From what I've heard, there are a lot of gotchas in proper handling of all the internationalization issues. I know Steve used to tour and lecture about this. There are some pretty cool tools built into INTL and the experience of many previous projects.
http://stevenblack.com/intlmain.html On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > Some good points. > Well the idea was to make a table so the user could select the language. The > table would have the words in various (English and probably Mandarin for > now). It was more how to display them in the buttons, reports etc. But to > start with buttons. As we are talking all over China it could be possible > both dialects are required > Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt @ VR-FX > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 5:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Chinese in VFP > > My WAG - I don't see why not. If you had some top level setting in your > App that allowed someone to set a language thing - then you could simply > change the names on the Buttons to be Chinese. However, I still don't > see that as being sufficient. Since, if you were to do that for the > buttons - and make it so a Chinese person (assuming usage by one who > ONLY Speaks/reads Chinese) can use your App - then the buttons alone > would not do it. Since, ALL the field labels and error msg's must ALSO > be Chinese to make it useful. And, it brings up the other point. > > Is it Mandarin or Cantonese? I work in a Chinese based company - with > many Chinese (as well as Americans) - and those are the 2 main dialects. > Even in my area - there are those that speak one, with several others > speak the Other. > > -K- > > On 2/19/2012 10:30 AM, Allen wrote: >> Hi foxgang >> Is it possible to use Chinese in programs. Buttons for example. Without >> changing anything normally associated with English versions. >> Al > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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/cacw6n4s9od13yx1nj0cdiu5fnz7obgaep-kg0bavvdq78u3...@mail.gmail.com ** 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.
