Re: Internatinalization and multiple language support without resource DLLs
I use this technique in one of my programs where I am not allowed to have
any "extra" stuff like DLLs. It works fine, but the language only displays
for the actual installed language since MFC uses FindResource rather than
FindResourceEx. Basing the language on the thread no longer works.
Tom
"Serge Wautier" <serge@wautier.nospam.net> wrote in message
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Joe,
This technique is known as "the single worldwide binary".
The bad news about it is that it stopped working with Windows 2000:
Microsoft decided to break it for some reason (MUI IIRC).
It's even more vicious: it keeps working in some scenarios but it no
longer works in others. And sooner or later, you'll have a user in the bad
scenario (rather sooner than later actually).
More details here:
http://www.apptranslator.com/blog/2006/10/single-worldwide-binary-whats-problem.html
My 2-cents,
Serge.
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