Multilingual resource strings
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Hi, I use VC6 (SP5) in Windows XP Pro (SP1). I wanted to add Greek/Chinese strings. I edited the .rc files in a Unicode editor, saved the file as UTF-8. But, now, VC6 has problems handling the file. But, if I save it as a normal file, the strings are garbled. How do I add other language strings to my resource file and what shd I use to compile it? TIA MRK
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Hi, I use VC6 (SP5) in Windows XP Pro (SP1). I wanted to add Greek/Chinese strings. I edited the .rc files in a Unicode editor, saved the file as UTF-8. But, now, VC6 has problems handling the file. But, if I save it as a normal file, the strings are garbled. How do I add other language strings to my resource file and what shd I use to compile it? TIA MRK
I've noticed that VC6 has problems in dealing with language strings, especially unicode characters. What we do normally is create the structure of the resource file using the VC resource editor, then have the translators to use their text editor (I think they use TextPad), re-include the modified resource file in Visual Studio. DO NOT modifiy in any way the file after it has been translated - do not change dialogs, not accelerators, nothing. If you do get a saved copy of the translated version and copy and paste the text using a text editor to replace the garbled text. VC7 seems to have addressed the problem. Hope that helps.