Multi-Language Programming
by David Wendt


Listing One
STRINGTABLE PRELOAD DISCARDABLE
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
BEGIN
  IDS_LINE1, "line 1"
  IDS_LINE2, "line 2"
END

STRINGTABLE PRELOAD DISCARDABLE
LANGUAGE LANG_FRENCH, SUBLANG_FRENCH
BEGIN
  IDS_LINE1, "ligne 1"
  IDS_LINE2, "ligne 2"
END

Listing Two
// start in English
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US

STRINGTABLE PRELOAD DISCARDABLE
BEGIN
  IDS_LINE1, "line 1"
  IDS_LINE2, "line 2"
END

// switch to French
LANGUAGE LANG_FRENCH, SUBLANG_FRENCH

STRINGTABLE PRELOAD DISCARDABLE
BEGIN
  IDS_LINE1, "ligne 1"
  IDS_LINE2, "ligne 2"
END


Listing Three
LIBRARY      "MLDLL"
DESCRIPTION  'Multi-Language Resource DLL'
EXPORTS
    ; no exports for this DLL

Listing Four
3 TEXTINCLUDE DISCARDABLE
BEGIN
  "#include ""english.rc""\r\n"                 
  "#include ""french.rc""\r\n"
  "#include ""german.rc""\r\n"
  "\0"
END
 ...
#ifndef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 3 resource.
#include "english.rc"
#include "french.rc"
#include "german.rc"

#endif  //this is the last line of the file

Listing Five
// MLTestDlg.cpp : implementation file

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "MLTest.h"
#include "MLTestDlg.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#undef THIS_FILE
static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
#endif

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CMLTestDlg dialog

CMLTestDlg::CMLTestDlg(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
           : CDialog(CMLTestDlg::IDD, pParent)
{
   //{{AFX_DATA_INIT(CMLTestDlg)
           // NOTE: the ClassWizard will add member initialization here
   //}}AFX_DATA_INIT
   // Note that LoadIcon does not require a subsequent DestroyIcon in Win32
   m_hIcon = AfxGetApp()->LoadIcon(IDR_MAINFRAME);
}
void CMLTestDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
   CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
   //{{AFX_DATA_MAP(CMLTestDlg)
           // NOTE: the ClassWizard will add DDX and DDV calls here
   //}}AFX_DATA_MAP
}
BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CMLTestDlg, CDialog)
  //{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CMLTestDlg)
  ON_WM_SYSCOMMAND()
  ON_WM_PAINT()
  ON_WM_QUERYDRAGICON()
  //}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

// CMLTestDlg message handlers
BOOL CMLTestDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
   CDialog::OnInitDialog();
   // Set the icon for this dialog.  The framework does this automatically
   //  when the application's main window is not a dialog
   SetIcon(m_hIcon, TRUE);                 // Set big icon
   SetIcon(m_hIcon, FALSE);                // Set small icon

   // TODO: Add extra initialization here

   return TRUE;  // return TRUE  unless you set the focus to a control
}
void CMLTestDlg::OnSysCommand(UINT nID, LPARAM lParam)
{
   CDialog::OnSysCommand(nID, lParam);
}
void CMLTestDlg::OnPaint()
{
   if (IsIconic())
   {
      CPaintDC dc(this); // device context for painting
      SendMessage(WM_ICONERASEBKGND, (WPARAM) dc.GetSafeHdc(), 0);
      // Center icon in client rectangle
      int cxIcon = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXICON);
      int cyIcon = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYICON);
      CRect rect;
      GetClientRect(&rect);
      int x = (rect.Width() - cxIcon + 1) / 2;
      int y = (rect.Height() - cyIcon + 1) / 2;
      // Draw the icon
      dc.DrawIcon(x, y, m_hIcon);
   }
   else
   {
      CDialog::OnPaint();
   }
}
HCURSOR CMLTestDlg::OnQueryDragIcon()
{
   return (HCURSOR) m_hIcon;
}

Listing Six
 ...
#ifdef _AFXDLL
      Enable3dControls();
#else
      Enable3dControlsStatic();
#endif

HANDLE hResHdl = LoadLibrary( "MLDLL.DLL" );
if( hResHdl )
   AfxSetResourceHandle( (HINSTANCE)hResHdl );
else
{
   AfxMessageBox( "Could not load resource module" );
   return FALSE;
}
CMLTest dlg; // existing line
 ...

Listing Seven
  m_comboBox.AddString( CString((LPCSTR)IDS_CB_STRING1) );
  m_comboBox.AddString( CString((LPCSTR)IDS_CB_STRING2) );
  m_comboBox.AddString( CString((LPCSTR)IDS_CB_STRING3) );
  m_comboBox.SetCurSel( 0 );

  m_listBox.AddString( CString((LPCSTR)IDS_LB_STRING1) );
  m_listBox.AddString( CString((LPCSTR)IDS_LB_STRING2) );
  m_listBox.AddString( CString((LPCSTR)IDS_LB_STRING3) );





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