Creating translatable applications

You can save time in adapting an application to new languages by using variables for as many language-sensitive objects as you can. These variables can include:

• The verbs, object names, and option identifiers in a QMF command
• Installation-defined panel names

  If you are creating your own panels for your application, you need a set of translated panels for each language under which the application is to run. Give these panels unique names and make them available to the application users. The application can then use variables for the panel names.

• Installation-defined message identifiers

  Like panels, the messages should be translated into the appropriate NLF languages. The application can use variables for the message names.

Using variables lets you use the same program in several NLFs.