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Example .NET applications available with sources where localisation is implemented nicely:
- SharpDevelop - check user interface translated to many languages
- Paint.NET
- MonoDevelop, source code can be checked out using the following command line: svn co svn://anonsvn.mono-project.com/source/trunk/monodevelop monodevelop

Overview Examples

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="fb9660e459f88b10-a2a9a5f9-4a264aae-a3c1a5c6-f82afaaa73108587c1f6c30b"><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="d258ef670fff9fb1-65663ae5-40d44d0c-8f4eaf4d-768eb2938c43b0e300948307"><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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Gena, would you like to comment/check "Singleton versus Static Class"? Thanks, Alex.

Method	Maintenance	OS/platform-compatible Remarks
Resources (.NET)	Satellite assembly: editors -Zeta Resource Editor,Resource Builder	-
GetText gettext	- -	indexed on content
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™ .NET
Applications|http://www.alchemysoftware.ie/localization_dotNET_applications.pdf], Developping Global Applications in Java

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