Smart Translator - CodeProject

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Description

I started writing SmartTranslator to provide the users of SmartFTP a simple way to translate their resource strings to other languages. First I looked on the web for an app that did this job, most cost money; since SmartFTP is Freeware, I didn’t want the users to have to pay for a third party product to be able to convert it. Thus, the idea for SmartTranslator was born and I started my first project that uses MFC.

The Smart Translator Installer was kindly provided by Christian Skovdal Andersen.

Introduction

SmartTranslator demonstrates how to extract, update and write resources to executables. It uses the BeginUpdateResource, UpdateResource and EndUpdateResource functions, so it will only work on Windows NT 4.0 or Window 2000.

Project Structure

The classes are split into logical parts.

CResourceInfo	is the base class for any translatable resource item
CResourceExtractor	is the class for extracting the resources. Here you can add your own resource types if you want
CResourceWriter	is the class for writing the translated resource back to a new file. The original file first copied to the new file after this the old resource gets deleted and the new resources are written.
CProject	for the Project Management
CDictonary	is the class for building a simple Dictionary. The strings in the Dictionary are type dependent. This means one source string can have a translated string for each type or can use a common string.
	Note: the dictionary is not editable at this time. You can import some type of text using Glossary. Glossary is downloadable from ftp.microsoft.com.

Requirements

You have to install the BCG Controls Library to compile and use this code. You can get it here.
For Use under Windows NT4.0 or Windows 2000 due to API requirements.
You will also need to add to your Tools/Options/Directories in VC++ the directory paths to the BCG bin directory and the BCGCB source directory from which libraries/DLLs and header files are used respectively.
Requires the latest Platform SDK installed for compilation to work correctly.

Thanks To

Stas Levin for his great BCG Control Library
Norm Almond and David Wulff for the Office2000 File Open/Save Dialog.
Ashley Laurent for the CChartWnd Control
The Developers from the Wine project, which is allways a good place to get some information about windows programming.

Updates

November 27,2000

File Format changes old project file not longer working
Update resources works now for Version Informations
Fixed memleak Office2000Dlg
Version Updates now uses the orginal codepage
some other fixes

License

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Mike Walter

Germany

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Great Tool. but I got some problem at runtime.

Gorden

20:30 12 Dec '06

Hello. I think this tools is so great. But, after downloading bcgcb, I have compiled this project and run it in debug mode. but I got error "mfco42d.dll" access violation. Could you tell me why? -- Gordon
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GREAT tool - has anyone devised a word count method?

user2007

19:33 26 Oct '06

This is incredibly useful to those of us who manage small translation projects. Has anyone come up with an answer to its logical sister issue --- can one do a word count on a Smart Translator prj file? cheers, Sherrie The harder I work, the luckier I get.
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Maybe Some Corrupt Virus

easter_2007

12:56 2 May '05

What kind of translate we trying to do here: How about a sample project and just what this "Install" going to mean for the machine.
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Re: Maybe Some Corrupt Virus

Mike Walter

10:34 10 Jun '05

Can you read, yes then read the article before post things like this topic Mad | :mad:

Description

I started writing SmartTranslator to provide the users of SmartFTP a simple way to translate their resource strings to other languages.

Introduction

SmartTranslator demonstrates how to extract, update and write resources to executables. It uses the BeginUpdateResource, UpdateResource and EndUpdateResource functions, so it will only work on Windows NT 4.0 or Window 2000.

Multi file translation

Neil Scales

1:35 14 Apr '04

is this project dead (or deemed completed)? I ask because I would like to use this program to translate my multifile project (dlls/exe etc) but keep it as one project file. I have got most of it working well, but I don't want to step on anyones (e.g. the authors) toes. I'm happy to expand this project and post back to CP if there is any interest.
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Translated DLL could be corrupted

Anonymous

11:12 30 Mar '04

If you noticed that Smart Translator creates corrupted resources, for instance all dialogs are missing; You have to install Hot Fix from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833659
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Re: Translated DLL could be corrupted

Mike Walter

11:42 30 Mar '04

Thank you
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Wonderful!

H.Yoshimura

18:16 16 Dec '03

:-DHello. This tool is very wonderful. I was looking for the tool for translating a program.
It seems that however, there is a bug in the writing of a string-resource portion when treating Japanese.
By making the 173/174th line of ResourceWriter.cpp into

int nwLen = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, str, -1, lpStr (LPWSTR), and nLen+1);

put_string(nwLen, lpStr);

, it was written in correctly.
doesn't this new version exist anywhere?
If it is, you come out, and am I able to make a new program from this sample?
a great sample -- thank you

Help!!!!!! Don't know what to do??

micky2003

16:38 16 Aug '03

I downloading Smart Translator 1.0 and got the two files SmartTrans_Installer.zip and SmartTranslator_src.zip. And install it But I don't know how to set it up... Can't anyone tell what I need to do??? Thanks for your time and help....
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Re: Help!!!!!! Don't know what to do??

Anonymous

15:33 18 Aug '03

SmartTrans_Installer.zip contains SmartTrans.exe which is actual installer and it will setup Translator for you
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BGC Control

markusschroth

1:20 8 Aug '03

Has someone a link to download the 4.7 Version,which was free ? Thanks in advance. I want to extend the version to export the lists to excel and to import it after translation again. ( But only with BGC Control 4.7 )
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Changes only the StringFileInfo

Yoel Glick

3:24 18 May '03

I want to change the file version but it changes only the StringFileInfo

Is there a way to change the file version in a binary file.

I got to the resource that is of type RT_VERSION with the FindResource() function, did load and luck functions, then want to change some how the version info and to put it backinto the binary file with the functions BeginUpdateResource() UpdateResource() EndUpdateResource()

Thank you in advance.

BCGControlBar library isn't free, so i cant d/l it

Anonymous

13:22 20 Feb '02

i cant get it to compile w/o the library, oh well ill try the installation file
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Where can I found dictionnary ?

biose

2:04 5 Nov '01

Please, I am french and I wanted a english-french dictionnary compatible with smart translator ... Thank you.
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Save As format

Anonymous

20:19 11 Sep '01

I would like to build a database of the translated text. I have tried the save as... It appears to be a text file but I am not sure how it is delimited. Any info on the file format?
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How to do work on the Windows 95/98?

jongmin cho

14:59 13 Aug '01

I want to know how to do work on the windows 95/98 beacuse I have an windows 98.
I read the following description.

WIN NT/2000 WIN95/98
BeginUpdateResource() -> ?
UpdateResource() -> ?
EndUpdateResource() -> ?

-Introduction-
SmartTranslator demonstrates how to extract, update and write resources to executables. It uses the BeginUpdateResource, UpdateResource and EndUpdateResource functions, so it will only work on Windows NT 4.0 or Window 2000. Eek! | :eek:

Re: How to do work on the Windows 95/98?

christi g

14:36 3 Nov '02

read about mslu and unicows.dll it was a bug on those updateresource functions inside that dll ..but was fixed greatz
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Interesting

De Nardis Andrea

23:19 15 Jun '01

Hi, I succeed in finding an example of resource reallocation at last! This one seems interesing. I wrote a kind of resource compiler but it seems not to work correctly. In particular it does not update string resource name once they have been imported and, what's more, it does not import large amount of strings after a very small amount!!!. Thanks to all the author De Nardis Andrea
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Dictionnary

Anonymous

6:04 12 May '01

Where I can Download Dictionnaries ????? Please Write me to : Pastis_duval@voila.fr
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Dictionnary

Anonymous

6:03 12 May '01

Where I can download dictionnaries ????
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Using a translated file as a starting point

Dean Grimm

7:57 3 Jan '01

This looks like a great utility. I was wondering if you had any pointers on starting with a DLL that has already been translated. Do I just have to copy/paste from the translated RC file the first time around? Thanks, Dean
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Re: Using a translated file as a starting point

soundman32

23:52 13 Mar '02

Did you ever get this sorted? I've just found out the import format is: English <tab> ShortcutKey <tab> Translation <tab> ShortcutKey <newline> If you're still interested after 15 months of waiting... Neil
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Dictionary

Daniel

23:53 27 Nov '00

I probably missed something, but when I import a Microsoft Glossary, the import finishes OK, but nothing appears in the dictionary pan ! What's wrong ? Regards
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Assertion in UpdateResource

Saravanan

8:55 27 Nov '00

After opening a project, if you do Project->Update program crashes. This is due to the NULL 'pos' pointer in Project.cpp line no 326. I added the following 'if(pos)' check and the program works fine, I guess. if(pos) GetResourceInfo().m_Menus.GetNext(pos); btw... it is a great program Mike...
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