Dave I've lost count of the number of apps like this we've worked on. There are several issues here to address that are wider reaching than just TextFormatting.
Firstly you need to think about the character sets each of the various versions will need for deployment. Are all of your required versions only going to require Latin characters ? What about Crylic and other more complicated requirements ? Your choice of typeface (and available character sets) will could be limiting unless you plan carefully. After all there's no point over-weighting a .swf file with characters your not going to use. Look at shared fonts as your best solution to this. By loading an external .SWF file with the required font, and/or font nodes you can dynamically change the display at run-time, negating the need to re-compile the file for each version. >From the storage of content - I'd always recommend to run with XML. Makes it soooooooooo much easier to change elements at runtime than the flash panel which relies on the end user being able to re-compile the flash. In terms of the language variations affecting design - this one ultimately comes down to educating the creative to design/produce a framework which allows for flexibility. If you need customised 'pretty' buttons then build them as extensions of the components (or custom ones from scratch) that will automatically size where needed. Pete -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Mennenoh Sent: 21 January 2008 13:00 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] MultiLanguage Right, thanks. I realize that, my concern is still sizing issues though. This will be an app that is 'pretty' it has nice looking buttons and such. If everything could be scrollable text fields I would have no problem. Consider something as something as simple as 'stop', which is something like 'anschlag' in german. Doubling the character count in a field can make a big diff for formatting... Dave - Head Developer http://www.blurredistinction.com Adobe Community Expert http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
