The Multi-Language Add-In provides extended support for creating localized applications using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. The supported application types are
The product is an Add-In for Visual Studio, which means that it is tightly integrated into the development environment itself. The localization support is based on the built in localization support in Visual Studio and in the .NET environment.
The basic steps involved in localizing an application are:
The Add-In scans your project, looking for strings defined in
| The properties of controls | For .NET controls, the properties which can be translated are marked with the Localizable attribute. The Add-In shows all string properties with the Localizable attribute. For ASP.NET projects, it also shows static text from the HTML code. |
| The program source code |
and presents these strings in two separate grids.
For .NET controls, the properties which can be translated are marked with the Localizable attribute. The Add-In shows all string properties with the Localizable attribute.
For strings in the source code, you can enable translation of the string using a check box in the grid. Strings which do not require translation can be hidden, so that you do not see them in future.