say, I have created a WP7 app using the default language in English. The application name that will show in the Application List is English. Now, If I want to change this english-Application name to other languages such as japanese, Chinese,Korean. what I need to do? would appreciate your help with some samples or links of references or tutorial on this subject. It is ok to use part english and part other language to create application name?
This is described on MSDN here. It's a bit convoluted but it does work.
While Paul Annett's answer represents the official recommendations, it also requires that you have the tools for C++ development (which the Windows Phone tools do not).
Patrick's Blog (I've been unable to find a surname) has posted a tool called WP7 Localizer that generates the localized dlls without having the C++ tools installed
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guys!
we are developing a formula editor.
we want to insert our formula in Word (the formula image is normally displayed in Word) and edit again, just like xlsx files.
when double clicking, we want to launch our editor program to edit the formula and then replace it in Word.
we have already done that on Windows, but under the macOS, we are confused because we do not know how to implement them.
can you please tell me if that possible? is there a similar function implementation of office word under macos?
any advice or suggestion is welcome!
No, it is not possible because OLE is based on the COM technology which exists on Windows only.
As a possible solution you may consider creating an Office web add-in which can be installed on all platforms from web browsers to Mac OS. See Develop Office Add-ins for more information.
You can post or vote for an existing feature request on Tech Community where they are considered when the Office dev team go through the planning process.
So, I am totally new to Windows Phone. My enquiry is very general. There are a lot of good API:s out there on CodePlex for example. I seem to have to create a specific Class library for Windows Phone 8 in order to reference it. My question is then if it is possible to easy convert a project (from ANYCPU class library to Windows Phone) or maintain two branches in some way.
Any information or insight would be appreciated!
It really all depends on what your library does. Answering the "how to convert a project" question has to be done on a case by case basis. Of course the general "yes you can do it " applies but it all depends on what you managed code is calling. Just like Silverlight is a subset of what you can do in WPF, the APIs available on Windows Phone is a subset of what is available on other platforms. (Which you don't specify). I would be happy to help more with more clarification.
I want to localize my installer but in Visual Studio 2008, Localization Property drop down does not contain the language. I think we could use code page but if users don't want to change locale in Region and language in their computers, characters will display wrong. I've read the article at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2005/10/05/msi-databases-and-code-pages.aspx, it said that MSI unofficially support UTF-8 but I'm not familiar with MSI. Have anyone experienced, please point me. Thank you.
Visual Studio offers only a small number of languages for package localization. If you want a language which is not in the list, you can try using a different setup authoring tool which supports it.
My requirements is similar, but not the same.
I want that my custom setup recognized the language of the OS and visualized all the messages in this language.
A possible workaround may be to insert a dropdown which has all my languiges, but i really don't know how.
I'm developing a WinForm app in c# 4.0 and would like other (non-developer) colleagues to contribute writing a context sensitive end-user helpfile. First I thought I could use "HTML Help Workshop" from Microsoft, but it seems outdated (Vista and Windows 7 not supported).
Then I've looked at Sandcastle, but the documentation is lacking and I wonder if it is suitable for non-technical users to write end-user documentation.
So I read about RoboHelp, but it's way to expensive for me.
I'm getting lost in all the information that is available about helpfiles. Can someone help give some best practices or information on what tools to use and what output format I should target (still chm or other).
Great question. I like your idea of non-developers contributing to the end-user documentation.
This idea might motivate users and testers of your application to easily contribute to the documentation.
The first thing that comes to my mind, is using a some sort of wiki engine. You could build a simple function in your WinForm application, that fires up a browser and directs in to the wiki. You could use the context from which it is called to build up an url; e.g. http://dev-wiki.mycompany.com/LoginForm?action=edit. Here the name of the form ("LoginForm") is used in the url of a wiki page.
Alternatively, you could simply use the embedded web browser control for WinForms to access the wiki. That would look something like:
var url = GetWikiUrl(myForm);
browserControl.Navigate(url);
This would be very easy to embed in your application.
In a controlled (office) environment, this would be very easy to set up. In you production environment it might be a bit more difficult, but still doable. It might leverage some end-user contributions too.
For writing documentation, I use sphinx.
It lets you document in plain text and has various output formats (chm, html, pdf etc.).
Some of these (chm, html) can be used as context-sensitive help sources.
However simple, the sphinx user-interface (text editor and make file) might not be suitable for non-technical users.
I would recommend to use Help+Manual for creating CHM documentation. It's similar to MS Word and any PC user can start to contribute doc development after short education.
But this tool isn't free :(
i have search high and low on the internet and it does not exist. i cant find a single website that shows a few applications created with realbasic. i saw a video that shows the user going to realbasic.com/community/ and it shows a load of applications created using realbasic. would anyone know where i can find this information. that link that i gave doesnt even work by them.
The Made with REALbasic section at the Association of REALbasic Developers contains a list of many applications created with REALbasic:
http://www.arbpmembers.org/index.php?option=com_resource&view=list&category_id=10&Itemid=49
(Disclaimer: I am a board member of ARBP)
My site, RBDevZone, also has a community section:
http://www.rbdevzone.com/community/
There is also a fairly lengthy thread on the REALbasic Forums. Direct link: http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25866