Figure 1: The .NET Forms Viewer with source and target views of a selected Form.
RC-WinTrans X8 supports all files for Microsoft .NET Windows software. The programming languages that can be used are C#, VB, or C++. The following file types, created with either Microsoft Visual Studio .NET or Borland .NET, can be localized with RC-WinTrans:
Supported .NET Framework Versions:
RC-WinTrans X8 features a .NET Forms Viewer/Editor that can be used to review and change the layout of .NET Forms. This resource editor renders most of the standard .NET controls and indicates the presence of specialized user controls with a formatted placeholder. |
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Figure 1: The .NET Forms Viewer with source and target views of a selected Form. |
An external .NET Forms Editor is available for editing the layout and all the localizable properties of a .NET Windows Form. The Editor features a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) display preview of a .NET Windows Form and commands to edit the properties of the Form and its elements. As of November 2006 it has views for both the source and target views of the Form.
The External Editor also supports .NET techniques for rich .NET design time options including the editing of user-defined types and the use of user-defined editors.
The Editor is equipped to handle nearly all types of .NET Windows Forms controls (standard .NET Forms controls and (third party) custom controls). Its ability to render nearly every kind of control makes it possible to translate while simultaneously controlling the appearance of the translations in context. This is not only convenient, but smart and efficient as well. |
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Figure 2: The RC-WinTrans X8 .NET Forms Editor with a simple .NET Form loaded for editing. |
A user control is a specialized control adapted to accommodate individual requirements and various tasks. Such a control may contain some properties that are not known from standard .NET Framework controls. Nevertheless all data attributed as "localizable" for such a user control can be read by RC-WinTrans and taken into the translation data file.
Extended support is provided for the reading and writing of strong-named assembly files (EXE/DLL). RC-WinTrans takes note of an assembly's strong name identity and writes the localized satellite assembly as a delay-signed strong-named assembly, thereby preparing it to be signed at a later time by the signing authority. This entire process is seamlessly integrated for translators using RC-WinTrans.
Menu resources can be edited in a menu tree view showing the structure of a selected menu. A menu preview is also available for viewing a translated menu as an actual Windows menu. |
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Figure 3: The Menu view with source and target views and a menu preview window open at the bottom. |
Images and icons can be "translated" using your favorite graphics tool(s). RC-WinTrans starts the graphic tool with the source image and imports the created image as the "translated" target image. |
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Figure 4: RC-WinTrans with the Paintbrush application opened to edit the selected image. |
