Re: CFileDialog not in OS language.

Hi David,

Part of the problem is that MFC only uses FindResource() rather than
FindResourceEx() so it depends on the OS setting to even get resources from
a single EXE at run time (I.E., there is no way to specify the local at run
time so MFC just requests the default from Windows). That is fine, most of
the time, since we usually put our resources in separate resource DLLs these
days and those can be loaded easily at run time. I just had one program
where I had to put 6 languages in the same file so it would use the correct
language on discs that were created on any of the other languages. I was
able to get that to work, I just couldn't test it unless I had the real OS
(at least that I could figure out).

After reading your point I could see this being handy for someone who speaks
English, but is trying to figure out a problem on a computer loaded with
Spanish. They could easily change the locale and Display, reboot, figure out
the problem using English, then restore the system back to Spanish. I don't
run into this too often, but people who travel a lot, or work with others
who travel, might find this useful. It might also be useful for support
departments that support software installs in several locales. Oh well, it
works for me :o)

Tom

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