Dialog Box and Forms Layout Editors

RC-WinTrans' dialog box layout editors (accessed via the Dialog Box view) makes it possible to modify the layout of dialog boxes and dialog box controls according to the specifications of the target language.

The Dialog Box view uses one of two different layout editors depending on whether it is a Win32 dialog box or a .NET Form that is selected and displayed for editing.  These are described in the sections below.

NOTE ON .NET WPF FORMS: WPF Forms cannot be displayed and the layout cannot be edited. WPF resources are translated by translating only the text of the WPF Form in the project's Text Table view.

The Win32 Dialog Box Editor is used to display and modify the layout of dialog box resources in Win32 EXE, DLL or OCX files and RC/MFC RC resource files.

Figure 1: A resource selected for layout editing with the Win32 Dialog Box Editor.

See also: "Dialog Box View";

"Dialog Box Layout Editing Toolbar";

"MFC Ribbon Bar Resources";

"Win32/MFC Files";

"Localizing ActiveX Control Data."

The .NET Forms Editor is used to display and modify the layout of .NET Windows Forms in EXE and DLL assembly files and .NET RESX (XML) files.  For details see the ".NET Forms Editor" help topic.

Figure 2: The .NET Forms Editor showing a Form selected for layout editing.

See also: "Dialog Box View."

External .NET Forms Editor

The .NET Forms Editor was known as the "External .NET Forms Editor" in previous versions of RC-WinTrans.  This editor can still be opened and used in a separate (external) window.  The command to open the external .NET Forms Editor can be found in the Tools menu.

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