2012/1/18 Francois Gouget <[email protected]>: > On Wed, 18 Jan 2012, Frédéric Delanoy wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:12, Francois Gouget <[email protected]> wrote: >> > The sample text does not depend on the dialog language but on the scripts >> > supported by the font. As such translating it in the resource file makes >> > no sense. >> > - CTEXT "AaBbYyZz",stc5,103,80,109,24,SS_NOPREFIX | NOT >> > WS_VISIBLE >> > + CTEXT "",stc5,103,80,109,24,SS_NOPREFIX | NOT WS_VISIBLE >> >> Actually it's used to show a sample in the font picker (e.g. with >> wordpad do Format > Font). > > No it's not. The code overwrites this string when drawing the dialog and > then based on the entry selected in the 'Script:' combobox (cmb5). See > CFn_WMPaint(): > > if( GetWindowInfo( GetDlgItem( hDlg, stc5), &info ) ) > { > ... > DrawTextW( hdc, > sample_lang_text[CHARSET_ORDER[lpcf->lpLogFont->lfCharSet]], > -1, &info.rcWindow, DT_CENTER|DT_VCENTER|DT_SINGLELINE ); > ... > > So the string which is in the resource file is useless and only causes > grief.
That's why I later added: "If the sample text does not depend on the dialogue language, that's what should be done instead IMHO" i.e. alter the code so it does use the (translatable) string instead of removing it altogether. I should have been clearer in my initial reply, though. Frédéric
