localization

How to force NSLocalizedString to use a specific language

on iPhone NSLocalizedString returns the string in the language of the iPhone. Is it possible to force NSLocalizedString to use a specific language to have the app in a different language than the device ? ...

Manage localization with Baml

Hi guys, I'm developping a little application in WPF and I want to localize my resources. I've always used resources files (.resx), but I heard about BAML that was suppose to change the way of manage localization in a WPF application. I made my research and I found a way to translate my application using those files. I wrote a blog ...

How to change the direction of the Question button - help provider?

Hi, I have an appliction that I want to traslate all languages. the problem is with Right To Left: In Arabic - the question mark appears like in mirror, but in hebrew it has to appear like english. visual studio mirrors the Question button of help provider when changing the application to right to left. Any idea how to change the "?" mi...

Localization Helper, How to retrieve values from javascript?

Hello guys, I used localization helper from Matt Hawley. It's really working great. I have a problem though in getting the values on javascripts/jquery. I can't retrieve the resources text using this: example: alert('<%=Html.Resource(\"Strings,SomeKey\")%>'); Any help is greatly appreciated. Best ...

What is the correct way to handle string.format (interpolated variables) for Arabic?

In our localization system we often manage strings of the form "Hello {0}" or "You have {0} items remaining". In translating these strings to Arabic we discovered that browsers would not allow entering the variable "{0}" portion in a field except at the beginning (or end, right-to-left) of the string. I have read that with RTL languag...

About android market to upload an application

When my app upload to android market,Upload assets have a warnig message about this: "This apk requests 1 permissions that users will be warned about android.permission.INTERNET" I check the app of manifest.xml,I'm sure there are manifest.xml to join the line "uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" so...Why are th...

Decimal separator in Sql Server 2008

What do I need to change in Sql Server to be able to store values like "2,1" in a decimal field? Right now I have to have dots like "2.1". I have Finnish_Swedish_CI_AS collation on the database but that doesn't seem to be it ... I also fiddled around with the regions settings on the server but with no success. I know I've managed to ch...

ASP.net MVC Localization | why do it the difficult way?

Main question: Why use custom localization helpers if there is something built-in doing the same already? Long story Currently I have been reading many options to localize your asp.net mvc website. Most of the posts are old, from oktober 22 2008 for instance. I think one of the most linked option is the following: Matt Hawley on eW...

Localized date and numberformats in GWT

I have a monolingual GWT application (English) and I would like to use localized date and number formats. I have added <inherits name="com.google.gwt.i18n.I18N"/> to my gwt.xml, but the formats remain in en-us. I have checked the browser lacale using this script private native String getBrowserLocale() /*-{ return navigator.langu...

Localize my DataModel stuff asp.net

so i have a multi-tier web app in asp.net mvc i use the asp.net localization with resource files, and it's ok for pages, but i have also some messages (not in the UI) how do i localize the stuff that is in other class libraries ? ...

Is there a localized membership status message in the framework?

I'm using the membership provider to create a new user. The membership status I return can be any value from 0 to 11, each value being a different status. Is there a way to get a localized message from that status from the managed code? I know how to hand code it, but I wondered if it's not allready localized and ready to use from somew...

Silverlight 3 localization configuration

I would like to know how I can configure my Silverlight application to be able to change the UICulture of the current thread without having to recompile the application. If I set the current thread culture in the app.xaml, I need to recompile each time to change the culture. If I add an Application Settings, how can I retrieve that inf...

ASP.NET localization--where are the international resource strings?!

I just started working on a new International project. All strings in the markup of ASPX pages are instead System.Web.UI.WebControls.Localize controls with "meta:resourcekey=" attributes. In the web root there's a App_LocalResources and in a App_GlobalResources, but the strings in all resource files are all English. Where is the web sit...

Localization ground rules

I've just submitted my first localized app to the iPhone app store the other day. I decided to do it to learn about application localization, and because my app was simple enough to stumble through localizing with my mediocre french. I know I didn't do everything "right", but I learned a lot from doing it once. I'd like to keep doing thi...

MySQL :: Connector/Net euro sign

My MySQL database can store the euro symbol just fine (as I have tested with a native MySQL client (HeidiSQL)). But with the MySQL .NET connector my ASP.NET application is using I can't insert nor read it back from the database: I only get a ? character back. What could be the possible cause? ...

Is there a tool to diff/merge/sort localizable strings files?

Localizable strings file which are used for Apple/iPhone apps localization have the following format: /* COMMENT */ "KEY" = "VALUE" Note that KEY is unique in a given strings file. COMMENT is optional however it can help the translator with some additional info. Example: /* Menu item to make the current document plain text */ "Make ...

Localization of HTML documents?

XML documents can be localized by referring to an external DTD document that contains the translations. For example in Mozilla XULRunner it looks like this: <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://global/skin/" type="text/css"?> <!DOCTYPE window SYSTEM "chrome://configpanel/locale/configpanel.dtd"> <window title="&CONFIG_P...

moving to App_GlobalResources

The shop that I work at basically has developers creating controls and a backend platform, and producers to skin and customize sites for each client. We are currently using resx files in App_LocalResources folder to expose copy in many of our controls. The problem is that the producers have a hard time finding the correct resx for a spe...

Attempt at database localization using table-valued functions

Hi ! I'm looking for opinions on the following localization technique: We start with 2 tables: tblProducts : ProductID, Name,Description,SomeAttribute tblProductsLocalization : ProductID,Language,Name,Description and a table-valued function: CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[LocalizedProducts](@locale nvarchar(50)) RETURNS TABLE AS (SELECT a.P...

How to get all 6 neighborhood cell ids on Android

Is there any API that will give me those 6 neighborhood cell ids on Android, or shall I try to send AT commands to the Android modem. If someone could explain that to me I would be very grateful. ...