Graphical User Interface (GUI):  Overview

The RC-WinTrans application is primarily a Windows application that has a MDI (multi-document) mainframe window with dockable toolbars.  Each individual MDI window is also called a Project window since a single translation project is opened in a single Project window (MDI document window).

The introduction to the various windows and toolbars of RC-WinTrans will begin with the mainframe window and the dockable toolbars and be followed by a description of the Project (translation) window with its associated resource views (Dialog Box and Menu views).

When RC-WinTrans is started up for the first time the mainframe window will be shown as in Figure 1 below. The mainframe window contains several toolbars which you should familiarize with.

The Workspace bar is (initially) docked to the left side of the mainframe window and contains five tab views: Projects Overview, Project Data, Changed Source, Check Results, and Dictionaries.

Figure:  The RC-WinTrans mainframe window in its initial state.

The Translation Edit bar is (initially) docked on the bottom left of the mainframe window and the Miscellaneous bar is (initially) located on the bottom right.  The Translation Edit bar is the central place for editing text/entering the translation for a resource item where the views of Miscellaneous bar are mainly for displaying output or find results.  An important view in the Miscellaneous bar is the Task List tab view where user tasks, bookmarks, and items to be re-checked are listed.

All of RC-WinTrans' toolbars are dockable to any side of the mainframe window (left, right, top, or bottom). The user can choose the most convenient location for a certain bar.  Each toolbar has a "gripper" that can be gripped with the mouse to move the toolbar by holding the left mouse button and moving the bar to a place near the mainframe window border where it can be docked.  The gripper area is located either in the left area of the toolbar or at the top.  The location of the gripper area depends on whether the toolbar is currently docked vertically (left, right) or horizontally (top or bottom of the mainframe window).

The figure above shows the initial position of the toolbars.  The toolbars' docking places can be reset to the original locations for all the toolbars at once by using the Reset Windows Layout command in the Window menu.

The Project window (technical: MDI window) is the main window for a single translation project.  A number of projects can be opened simultaneously where each one will be opened in a MDI window.  The Project window has five views where the Text Table view is the primary view listing the data of all the project files in a translation project.  The four additional views are the Repetitions, All Translations, Group Items and Source File views.

Dialog box and menu resources are shown in separate views in the Project window known as the Dialog Box view and the Menu view, respectively.  Both views provide WYSIWYG displays of their respective resources and feature a number of tools and commands for localizing these effectively.

A special viewer and editor for .NET Forms is also available from within the Dialog Box view and/or in an extended form detached from the main RC-WinTrans application (the External .NET Forms Editor).

More detailed information on the various parts of the RC-WinTrans GUI can be found by clicking on the following links:

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