RE: [greatlrd] 21849: if u update En.rc please update all other langues files, use the english text if no translatesion is not availbal, other wise it will bsd in windows or in reactos and we get diffent functions on each langues. DO NOT DO T

[Ge van Geldorp]

> From: [e-mail]
>
> Log:
> if u update En.rc please update all other langues files, use 
> the english text if no translatesion is not availbal, other 
> wise it will bsd in windows or in reactos and we get diffent 
> functions on each langues. DO NOT DO THIS MISTAKE

The resource loader will load the English text if the text is not available in the selected language (at least that's what is supposed to happen, if it doesn't there's a bug in the resource loader).

GvG

[Magnus Olsen]

Hi
GvG
We take a example now
lest say we have a swedish.rc
but it missing some text against english rc
swedish version of windows will not select any
text in the english rc. It only take the swe .rc
file. and bsod or igonore print out it.
It have happen for me in windows.
with swedish version.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ge van Geldorp" [e-mail]
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Subject: [ros-dev] RE: [greatlrd] 21849: if u update En.rc please update
allother langues files,use the english text if no translatesion is not
availbal,other wise it will bsd in windows or in reactos and we get
diffentfunctions on each langues. DO NOT DO T
> > From: [e-mail]
> >
> > Log:
> > if u update En.rc please update all other langues files, use
> > the english text if no translatesion is not availbal, other
> > wise it will bsd in windows or in reactos and we get diffent
> > functions on each langues. DO NOT DO THIS MISTAKE
>
> The resource loader will load the English text if the text is not

available in the selected language (at least that's what is supposed to
happen, if it doesn't there's a bug in the resource loader).
> GvG
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[Ge van Geldorp]

> From: Magnus Olsen
>
> lest say we have a swedish.rc
> but it missing some text against english rc swedish version 
> of windows will not select any text in the english rc. It 
> only take the swe .rc file. and bsod or igonore print out it.
> It have happen for me in windows.
> with swedish version.

I don't know how Windows handles it, I do know how ReactOS handles it though. Check reactos/dll/ntdll/rtl/libsupp.c function find_entry. It searches the resources using a number of languages:

1. Specified (by caller) language/sublanguage
2. Specified (by caller) language/neutral sublanguage
3. Neutral language/neutral sublanguage
4. Current thread locale language
5. User locale language
6. User locale language with neutral sublanguage
7. System locale language
8. System locale language with neutral sublanguage
9. English.

So in the end, ReactOS WILL find the English resource. If not, it's a bug. As Martin pointed out, the only exception is with string resources.

GvG