how to localize msgbox?

[xjazz]

I use resource file to localize my program.
but the caption of button in msgbox will still remain in English as "Yes", "No", "OK"...

how can I change those as well?

thanks

 

[ADoozer]

try the international package and deployment kit

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/downloads/tools/ipdk.aspx

good luck

If somethings hard to do, its not worth doing - Homer Simpson

 

[xjazz]

thanks you so much.
but there are three downloads.
1 for SP5, 1 for SP4, 1 for SP3.
I am using SP6, should I go ahead install the one for SP5 and try it?

 

[xjazz]

I took a look
and tried.
but I don't think this is what I'm looking for.

thank you anyway

 

[comaboy]

xjazz,

You've just hit the VB "wall". There are just some things that you just cannot do!

However, you could try the Windows API - I'd guess that will use the proper Windows internationalized strings set in Control Panel...

(...But note the use of the word "guess"...)

Try this code in a blank form...

Option Explicit

Const MB_DEFBUTTON1 = &H0&
Const MB_DEFBUTTON2 = &H100&
Const MB_DEFBUTTON3 = &H200&
Const MB_ICONASTERISK = &H40&
Const MB_ICONEXCLAMATION = &H30&
Const MB_ICONHAND = &H10&
Const MB_ICONINFORMATION = MB_ICONASTERISK
Const MB_ICONQUESTION = &H20&
Const MB_ICONSTOP = MB_ICONHAND
Const MB_OK = &H0&
Const MB_OKCANCEL = &H1&
Const MB_YESNO = &H4&
Const MB_YESNOCANCEL = &H3&
Const MB_ABORTRETRYIGNORE = &H2&
Const MB_RETRYCANCEL = &H5&
Private Declare Function MessageBox Lib "user32" Alias "MessageBoxA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpText As String, ByVal lpCaption As String, ByVal wType As Long) As Long


Private Sub Form_Load()
    MessageBox Me.hwnd, "My message", App.Title, MB_YESNOCANCEL
    MessageBox Me.hwnd, "My message", "My custom title", MB_ABORTRETRYIGNORE
    End
End Sub

If this works, you're away. That code was hacked about by an example from the KPD Team at

http://www.allapi.net/

...Those guys rock!

 

[strongm]

>but there are three downloads

Well, actually not quite true., There are three download pages, but they actually each downloads exactly the same the same toolset - but with different instructions for each SP version. Downloading the SP5 'version', and following the instructions on the download page by substituting 'SP6' everytime you read 'SP5' works just fine.

>... don't think this is what I'm looking for

You are quite sure that neither PDWizLoc.exe nor VBLocal.exe do what you want?