INFO: Russian and Portuguese MFC Resource Files Not Available (200069)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio, Enterprise Edition 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 97
  • Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q200069

SUMMARY

Localized MFC resources are available for most major international languages; however, MFC Wizards are not available for certain countries. Furthermore, the corresponding localization resource-only DLLs are not redistributable. It is possible, however, to target other national languages.

MORE INFORMATION

For example, the Portuguese and Russian versions of MFC42 are not available in Visual Studio. Only the following languages are supported for MFC42 DLLs at the present time:

  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Chinese (Traditional)
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Spanish


The development team is currently considering supporting other languages; if that is the case, this article will be updated. Microsoft recommends that developers use the English version for languages that are not included in the above list. Other national languages can still be targeted, because the MFC42loc.dlls for those languages have been installed with updated localized target systems (that is, after installing the latest service packs under Microsoft Windows NT or the latest update to Microsoft Internet Explorer or Microsoft Office, under Windows 95, or Windows 98). After being created, those resources should be marked with the appropriate language (and the strings translated as needed). Some manual editing of the resource compiler *.RC file might be needed in some cases.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/12/2005
Keywords:kbinfo kbIntl kbIntlDev kbResource KB200069
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