Translatable, switchable, multilingual application

[trisuglow]

I want to distribute my application around the world and allow users to perform their own translations into their native language.

I want the users to be able to use the (translated) application immediately without waiting for me to release a new version.

My code is language switchable at run-time and picks up the strings for the selected culture from resource files (e.g. Form1.en.resx).

As far as I can see the only way I can achieve this is to create .resx files named for every language in the world (but with English text in) and allow the user to edit them (maybe with a custom editor).

Any ideas on a different approach or a good .resx translation editor?

I've tried to keep this short, so I'm not sure I've described it fully enough. Please ask for more information if you think you can help.

[Athley]

So you finally found a way to change the culture items at runtime, even to refresh instantiaded components? Did you figure it out from the C# code you metioned in you other post?

I'd really like to have a look at that code as I have a ML project running as well. If that is ok with you that is.

[trisuglow]

Yes, I figured it out from the C# code.

From what I'd heard about VB.NET I was hoping it would be easier to do a run-time switch. I suspect I'm not using the best approach, but that's what happens when you're learning a new language isn't it.

I'm attaching the prototype code I'm working with. You change language from the Language item on the Tools menu. Don't choose German - I haven't fully implemented it yet.

Please get back to me with any thoughts, ideas, criticisms.

Tris.

[Athley]

Thanks alot!

You're a hat full of flowers!

You're quite right about learning a new language. I have a couple of times created some code that I've been proud of only to later find out that it could be done with 1/10 of the amount of code.

[PT Exorcist]

just use txt files..and make this: do a loop when the form begins and loop though all the controls of the form and replace it's captions to their names in the txt like this:

txt file:

textBox1=caption1
commandButton1=button2

then all u have to make is give the command button the same name of the left side of the string and it will assign to it what u put in the right side of it