Phoenix Mail Language Kit
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1. Phoenix Mail Application
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Phoenix Mail must be running at the startup of the Language Kit, 
because the actual caption of the controls is fetched at runtime.

When you start the Language Kit, make sure, that in Phoenix Mail 
no modal dialogs are running and there is no online connection,
because Phoenix Mail would crash. (I'm sorry about this!)

It is very helpful to turn on the "Select Language"-dialog in the 
Environment Options of Phoenix Mail, because you can switch at 
every startup of Phoenix Mail between the original language and 
the translated language.


2. Accelerators
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Accelerator keys enable the user to access a command from the 
keyboard by pressing Alt+ the appropriate letter, indicated by 
a "&"-character. Keep an eye on it, that you don't use the same 
accelerator character within the same dialog. The accelerator 
letter is usually one of the first characters in a word.


3. Placeholders
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If there is a string containing a "%s" then this is a placeholder 
and will be replaced at runtime with an value. Don't forget to 
include the "%s" in your translated string, because it is necessary 
and would crash without it. 


4. Dots
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Don't forget the dots! Sometimes there is a ":" or a "..." and 
they are likely forgotten.


5. Ending spaces
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Sometimes the strings have endings spaces. You don't have to worry 
about them, because they will be added automatically at runtime. 
So don't insert ending spaces!


6. Length
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Make sure that the translated text is not longer than the original 
text and test *all* dialogs for non-fitting-text.



You can send me your Language Files...
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10.02.1999
Michael Haller

phoenix@discountdrive.com
http://www.discountdrive.com/sunrise/