Re: Tools for reviewing UI resources

[Doris Werder <dwerder -at- t-online -dot- de>]

Dear Helena,


If you are looking for a resource editor, you might want to have a look
at localization tools. They offer more functions than you need at the
moment, but you can certainly use them to change interface wording.

 From former Software localisation projects I know Borland Resource
Editor (http://borland-resource-editor.qarchive.org/) and ResEdit for
Mac, now replaced by ResFool. Also, there is ResKnife for Mac
(http://resknife.sourceforge.net/).

Current localisation tools are SDL Passolo (http://www.passolo.com/) and
Catalyst (http://www.alchemysoftware.ie/products/catalyst.html). They
have been designed for software localisation but they offer you the
possibility to edit dialog boxes and menus and get a preview of the
localised/adapted version. This allows you to immediately see the effect
of changes to a software string. You can also resize dialog boxes and
buttons which is frequently necessary in localisation.

Hth


Greetings from Germany


Doris Werder
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Helena Gontsarik-Pichler schrieb:
> Dear all,
>  
> I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a way of reviewing UI resources? At the moment I'm interested in Windows resource files written in Visual Studio, but if someone can share their experience of reviewing UI for other operating systems (Mac, Linux or UNIX), that would be much appreciated as well.
>  
> Installing Visual Studio to use its resource editor seems to be an overkill. Editing a resource file in a text mode in a text editor and having the software installed for reference would be another option, but in that case it wouldn't be easy to see which string corresponds to which control in the UI.
>  
> Any ideas welcome.
>  
> Thank you.
> Helena Gontsarik


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