FILE: Win32 Resource Localization Tools Available

ID: Q110894

The information in this article applies to:

Resource Localization Tools shipped on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Development Platform CD

SUMMARY

The Resource Localization tools (RLTools) are available for download from the Microsoft Software Library.

For 32-bit applications, Visual C++ has resource capabilities that replace the localization tool called RLTools. Unlike RLTools, this Visual C++ method works for translating the user interface in Win32-format resources, and in OLE controls. See the following Web site for more information:

   http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/gbl-gen/tools.htm

NOTE: RLTools is manufactured by David Wilcox, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ Rltools.exe (size: 468271 bytes)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

RLTools.exe contains Version 1.88 of RLTools, 32-bit Edition.

Rltools.exe contains the following files:

Dlgedit.exe
Piglatin.txt
Rladmin.exe
Rledit.exe
Rlman.doc
Rlman.exe
Rlman.hlP
Rlquiked.exe
Rltools.doc
Rltools.hlp
Rltools.txt
Tutor32.doc

NOTE: This set of tools runs on Windows NT only and is for localizing files that contain Win32 resources. The tools will not operate on Windows 3.1 or Windows 95.

This edition runs only on a Windows NT system, but it will handle any Win32 executable-format (.exe, .dll, and so forth) or resource (.res) source file.

The localizable resources are extracted directly from the source file and presented to the user for translation. There is a command-line tool called RLMan, a one-pass tool called RLQuiked, and a long-term project set of tools: RLAdmin and RLEdit. Also included is the complete Help, tool documentation, and a tutorial document.

To install RLTools, copy RLTools.exe to the directory in which you wish the tool set to be installed, double-click the .exe file to extract the files. Then, remove the RLTools.exe file from the directory. Make sure this directory is added to your system's PATH because when the tool Dlgedit.exe is called by the other tools, they assume it is in a directory in your PATH.

Additional query words: softlib Rltools.exe

Last Reviewed: November 9, 1998