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Example	Localization change	Method	Architecture
SharpDevelop	runtime	.NET ResourceManager	Static ResourceManager Parsing controls for update (IView,IViewControl)
Paint.NET	restart	.NET ResourceManager	Static ResourceManager
MonoDevelop	?	written in C/C++ getText instead of Resources. This allows MonoDevelop to take advantage of GNOME translators' familiarity with getText.	?
Spring.Net	runtime <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="1c55405bafeb4e9e-e62cba1a-4de4447f-a04f9857-8043896e5fa91a297b5d0760"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[[web, just 1 page to refresh]	[Follows Globalization Architecture .NET	http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa478974.aspx]]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> Automatic Localization Using Localizers ("Push" Localization) Working with Localizers $this (form/usercontrol) or $resource_namespace Applying Resources Manually ("Pull" Localization) like getMessage("labelName");	-
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="8662a1cf8c5a5e13-b050d4c0-44c24a07-b0bcbc70-1af8ed7bed32537dbfec1cc0"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[	MonoRail	runtime [web, just 1 page to refresh]	.NET ResourceManager	[Facade ResourceManager	^Architecture_MonoRail_Resources.png]]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> Resource dictionary in Controller of MVC Builder/Factory for resourcedictionary

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Method	Maintenance	Remarks
Resources (.NET)	Satellite assembly: editors -Zeta Resource Editor,Resource Builder	-
gettext	- kbabel gettext editor	indexed on content (hard coded)
DelftLanguage	text-files(lng)	dll * parsing all controls of forms * indexed on content

Resources (.NET) versus gettext

Resources (.NET) not only text, also images, files etc.
Resources (.NET) can also be used for redesign/culture (location/Size)
Resources (.NET) indexed on labels or control names, gettext on content
gettext generate a indexlist on 'build'
Resources (.NET) are not complete foreach culture. Not handy for translaters. (hopefully a good maintenance program is solving this problem)
More info Internationalisation - Open Source vs Microsoft, [Localization of Microsoft™ Microsoft .NET
Applications|http://www.alchemysoftware.ie/localization_dotNET_applications.pdf], Developping Global Applications in Java

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Suggestion

Architecture

Work method

Wiki Markup
Automatic Localization Using Localizers = property window Visual Studio \[resource on class (Form/UserControl)s level\]

Applying Resources Manually = resource.getString(indexname) for using the Lookup hierarchy.

Lookup hierarchy

Class (Form/UserControl) languagecode-country/regioncode
Class (Form/UserControl) languagecode
Namespace (Project) languagecode-country/regioncode
Namespace (Project) languagecode
Application (Plugin) languagecode-country/regioncode
Application (Plugin) languagecode
DelftShell (DelftShell.Resource, a new project in DelftShell for all common translations like save, delete, remove etc.) languagecode-country/regioncode
DelftShell (DelftShell.Resource, a new project in DelftShell for all common translations like save, delete, remove etc.) languagecode

Maintenance