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World-Ready Software example

This application and source code sample, created by Dr. International and designed for Windows 2000 and Windows XP demonstrates the different aspects of software globalization such as:

A single executable with world-wide functionality (fully Unicode enabled).

Locale independency by using Windows NLS APIs to display data (dates, numbers, time, etc.) within a user's desired format.

Multilingual editing using standard edit controls.

Multilingual input locales within edit control fields.

Font selection and effect on displayed data.

Multilingual user interface and satellite DLLs.

NOTICE: THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

To set up and run the example, download and run GDSetup.EXE (177kb) -- only runs on Windows 2000 and XP.

To see the sample source code that was used to create this World-Ready application download and run GDCode.EXE (120kb).


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