About Internationalization

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Internationalization permits applications to be adapted to various languages and regions without requiring engineering changes or recompilation. Internationalized programs enable textual elements, such as status messages and GUI component labels, to be stored outside the source code and retrieved dynamically rather than hardcoded in the program.

Internationalizing Source Files

When you internationalize existing source files, the IDE searches for every customizable occurrence of a quoted text string. If you decide to internationalize the string, the IDE replaces it with a method call and adds the string to the appropriate resource bundle. You can select from several code formats for generating internationalized strings, or you can use your own custom format.

The IDE's Internationalization Tools

The IDE's internationalization tools enable you to insert internationalization strings while you write your code as well as internationalize files that are already written.

The IDE's I18N tools include:

 

See Also
Automatically Internationalizing at Design Time
Internationalizing a Set of Files With the Internationalization Wizard
Editing Resource Bundles

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