Pr4Win  3.00                                               Dez 18. 1997
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                     Packet Radio for Windows                 
                   Internationalization project.

One of the major changes in Pr4Win version 3.0 is the new language 
support. The main reason for this pre-ß program is to prove the new 
concept and to use your help to translate Pr4Win to as many languages 
as possible. The feedback during this project should also improve the 
usability of the program.

Anyone who wants to attend this program should be familiar with 
pr4win (2.10) and write me a short mail that he/she wants to translate 
pr4win to a specific language. I will include a list of translations 
under way and the name of the responsible person on my WWW page.

The zip file you can download from my WWW page unpacks into 
"c:\pr4win.300". If you use another directory you have to change all 
path statements in the pr4win.ini file. Of course Pr4Win has to be 
configured to your call sign and your TNC as you have done with 
version 2.10.

All texts used in Pr4Win are now strictly separated from the program 
and can be translated to any language without needing any help from 
me, the program author. Of course the online help file and the 
documentation could also be translated but I am afraid that will be 
to much work, so I will send the Winword document file which is the 
basis for generating the online help file only on request.

What has to be done:
For each new translation you just have to create a new directory 
below c:\pr4win.300 and copy all files from c:\pr4win.300\english
or c:\pr4win.300\german into this new directory.

In the pr4win.ini configuration file you have to change the"CNFPATH="
entry to point to your new directory.

Then you just have to edit all *.txt files and translate all words
into the new language.

The file "dialog.txt" contains all messages that might appear in 
dialog boxes or in the status line of Pr4Win. This file is read
whenever a dialog is displayed, so you don’t have to restart Pr4Win 
to see your changes.

The file "window.txt" contains all texts used by Pr4Win within the 
screen windows. For each window there is a section with the Window 
Class number as section name. The entries in each section consists 
of a key and a value separated by a "=" character.
Only the values have to be translated and you should take care that 
the translation does not become much longer than the original test. 
Length does not matter for menu entries but is essential to static 
texts and button texts.

To get the number from a window just press CTRL-SHFT-F3 when the 
window is open and has the input focus.

There is a (ALL) section which contains tests used in all windows.
The all section is only loaded when prt4win is started, all other
sections are loaded whenever a window of this class is opened.

All other files contain help texts that are sent to the connected
station when the remote command "//help topic" is answered.

And finally i would like to receive a ZIP file with the new language
directory....

There is no reward for your effort beside getting mentioned in
the translation files and a free licenced copy of Pr4Win.

vy 73 de Bernd, OE8DJK
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