Internationalising RISC OS Applications with ResFind

Application Directory Structure===============================The application directory should contain the following:!MyApp +-!Boot +-!Help +-!Run | +-Resources    +-ResFind    |    and language directories, eg:    |    +-France    +-Germany    +-UK            there should always be a 'UK' as a minimum      |      each language directory contains the same set of files, eg:      |      +-Messages      +-Templates   if necessary      +-etc.        any others as necessary!Run file contents==================The file !MyApp.!Run should include:  Run <Obey$Dir>.Resources.FindResor  Run <Obey$Dir>.Resources.FindRes MyAppName"FindRes" uses the application directory's name as the base name, forexample, "!MyApp" becomes "MyApp". "FindRes MyAppName" uses "MyAppName" asthe base name.System Variables Available==========================The application will be able to use:<MyApp$Dir>     to access it's directoryMyAppRes:       to access the current language-specific resourcesMyApp:          some versions of FindRes set this to the application directoryEg:*IconSprites <MyApp$Dir>.!SpritesSYS "MessageTrans_OpenFile",file%,"AppRes:Messages"SYS "Wimp_OpenTemplate",,"AppRes:Templates"Specifying Language Preferences-------------------------------When ResFind is run, it looks for translations (that is languagedirectories) along the following list of languages:<MyApp$Language>        where MyApp is the name of the application.<ResFind$LanguagesPref>        containing the list of languages prefered to the one the computer is        configuredThe configured language        set with *Configure Territory <territory><ResFind$LanguagesSuff>        containing the list of languages prefered to the default English        (UK) language.UK      as the final, default language when no other can be found.The system variables MyApp$Language, ResFind$LanguagesPref andResFind$LanguagesSuff are set by the application ResConf, or canbe set manually.See also========{RISC OS Foundation(broken link} (local copy).German Acorn Group (local copy)StrongHelp documentDownloads:ResFind v2.00  - Sets App$Dir, AppRes$Path and uses App$Dir in AppRes$PathResFind v2.00j - Sets App$Dir, App$Path, AppRes$Path and uses App: in AppRes$PathResFind v2.01d - Sets App$Dir, AppRes$Path and uses App$Dir in AppRes$PathResFind v2.01jgh - Sets App$Dir, AppRes$Path and uses App$Dir in AppRes$Path,                    AppRes$Path includes App.Resources directory

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