Ok, so I've created a sample C# forms application, and want to ensure that it can be easily localized to other languages. I'd like all my strings etc in resource files, and satellite assembly files looks like a decent way to go about this. I've found several articles, on CP and MSDN etc, they all mention to create a windows forms application. Then right-click on the project and select Insert New Item and then select "Assembly Resource". I have many installed templates, but that's not listed. Has this changed in VS2008? Would "Resources file" work ok? For example, see here, Approach A, step 1. thanks, Mark.

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Yes, for MFC... Download the 322Mb Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack Release from the Microsoft website. Link here[^] Check out the sample in the folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Samples\1033\AllVCLanguageSamples\C++\MFC\Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack\TasksPane Enjoy! The feature pack is a fantastic update for MFC. Go get it!

Have you considered using VNC? I havent tried this exact scenario on the same PC but it might work. PersonA can tell PersonB he has a problem, and PersonB connects to PersonA's console?

What's your preferred choice of tool for automating your C++/MFC projects? Nant/Vcbuild etc? We currently dont do automated daily builds: something we're intending to start. Looking for ideas and suggestions. thanks!

Have you the symbol path correctly set? Load Windbg, load the crash dump, then try these commands !sym noisy lm ld myApplicationName !analyze -v There's plenty of Windbg resources out there, including the microsoft.public.windbg group. Also, if you can afford it try https://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/courseDetail.aspx?courseId=53921[^]

I work roughly 8 hours per day.... formally 37.5 hours per week but its often more than that. I only get 5 or 6 hours sleep at night though. Less than the other answers given so far.

Isnt it Microsoft advice to store user-related data files into this folder? This is better than storing them in C:\ etc, because the user-related data files are therefore only accessible by that user. Of course, for each application, the storage location should be configurable. Maybe I'm wrong: I've been drinking Guinness, Sparkling white wine, Red Wine and Tennents Ice Cold tonight. Yum!

I received a screenshot of an error from one of our customers in Portgual. However, I'm having trouble understanding the error. Can anyone translate? http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sqlserrorta3.jpg[^] thanks, Mark.

Hi, I guess this is a newbie question: I havent had much experience of user interface development in MFC, only dialog based apps so far. I'm developing a MFC Ribbon MDI application in VS2008 and would like a CDockablePane with a few controls on it, such as 2 date time pickers, a few labels and buttons. Note CDockablePane eventually inherits from CWnd. What's the best way of doing this? Anyone got any advice? thanks, Mark.

If you use Firefox3, there's a great add on called "Chinese Pera-kun". When you move your mouse cursor over chinese text, it pops up a small window with the text translated. A site you'll find useful is http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php[^] It has various tools for dictionary lookup, radical dictionary, translation, and sound files. Good luck !

Hi, Does anyone use these classes, or the new Ribbon control in the MFC update? Has anyone considered inheriting from them? I'm looking to insert a DateTime picker control into a ribbon, and thinking of inheriting from CMFCRibbonBase element. I've had a look around, and cant find anyone else inheriting from these. Surely someone has tried it?!?! thanks, Mark.

Yeah VNC comes in many flavours and is platform independant, and best of all is free. Its been a few years since I used it (now in favour of RemoteDesktop) but my favourite was UltraVNC. Ive never used logmein.

Hi, The CSocket class has been widely publicised as being buggy: the advice has historically been to use a 3rd party control or write your own. Has the CSocket class with MFC supplied with VS2008 been updated, or is the current advice to use a 3rd party control / write your own? Can anyone reccommend a 3rd party / free TCP wrapper? (Yes I'm aware there are plenty of example applications here on CP, but which one is the best) thanks, Mark.

So, they're looking for a project requirement document of any size. Why dont you take them up on the offer...make up a fictional requirement document and let them fret over how much to charge for it. It would be intersting to see how much they charge to generate a software package that solves global warming.

We use Bugzilla, and its running under windows within a Virtual PC environment. Its web-based so there was no need to deliver a client application to all the users in our company.

Does anyone work using Scrum? At the end of a sprint when the sprint review takes place, does a new sprint start immediately? The customer receives a new update of the software every 3 weeks, but needs some time to play with the newly added features in order to come up with an updated product backlog. So, what happens to the development teams during this time? Research? Start taking items off the non-finished product backlog anyway? thanks, Mark.

You may find it useful buying a small English-Chinese dictionary for a few $/£. When translating from English to Chinese, you simply look up the English word according to the alphabet order. When translating from Chinese to English, you consult the initial index which is ordered by the number of strokes and find the first character in the word (many Chinese words comprise of two or even more characters). Then you consult the main part of the dictionary for that character. You may also find this link handy http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php Alternatively, chinese characters may be organised by the position of the strokes but I have no experience of using that method.