Resource Files in FoxPro

[filibuster]

Hi everyone,

I'm working on internatlization of a VFP program, so I'm wondering if VFP does support Resource Files like VB / VC++. Another problem that blows my mind is how to do this in an efficient way in Forms.

Thanks
Holger

 

[chpicker]

Not that I know of, although you can simulate it by creating resource "tables".

Create a table for each language. In each table, you'll have one record per form and enough fields for the various captions on your form. In your form's INIT method, you can go to the correct record in your table and set the captions to what the fields say.

Ian

 

[filibuster]

Ian, thanks for the response. I also thought of using tables (that will definitely work), but I was hoping for a more standard-like way in VFP.

Probably I can could an ActiveX Control wrapping the VB calls to a Ressource File !?

I also found a tool called "INTL Toolkit" (

http://www.stevenblack.com/intl 5.asp)

which does the internalization - has anybody used this ? Any other tools available ?

Thanks
Holger