Re: Something Cool About Vista
Yeah, I've been through some of that stuff on XP and I could never get it to
work, but I didn't know the secret key combinations you list here. However,
on Vista it was really easy. You do have to reboot, but it takes only a few
keystrokes to switch languages completely. I was pretty happy to see this
today :o)
I was happy to be able to run my multi-language resources all in one exe on
the same computer in different languages without reloading Windows and
without any trouble figuring out how to do it. I know, the simple things in
life always make us the happiest.
Tom
"Norman Diamond" <ndiamond@community.nospam> wrote in message
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The same Regional Options setting is available in 2K, XP, and 2003, though
the setting has various different names with various different degrees of
clarity.
After changing that setting, you have to reboot. After rebooting, if you
can't log in, you'll have to reboot again, hit F8, and select "last known
good". I haven't tested this much so the only case where I couldn't log
in was Windows XP with the new style welcome screen, the computer name was
in the same language as Windows itself, and the system default language
was a different language.
"Tom Serface" <tom.nospam@camaswood.com> wrote in message
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I know this is off topic for MFC, but I was using this today with an MFC
program so it may be handy for others. I discovered that with Vista I can
actually change the default locale in Windows. I couldn't do this with
Win 2K or Win XP variants. This is handy for me since I have a program
where all of my resources are in a single file without using the typical
satellite resource DLL technique. It used to be that I had to split the
file apart to edit the resources, but with Vista, I can set the display
language (in the Regional Settings options) and it actually pulls up the
correct language in Visual Studio. Also, all the prompts, etc. display
the correct language.
Needless to say, this made my updaing task today a lot easier since I
didn't have to load up native copies of Windows in different languages to
test out the application.
I'd use Vista just for this feature alone. I'm not localization expert
so perhaps this was also available on XP, but I could never get it to
work of find anything on the that talked about how to get it to work.
With Vista it was a snap.
Just wanted to share.
Tom