Hi,
we have an app running on Windows Mobile 2003 and also on the Second Edition.
With SE the language of Buttons in a MessageBox is always in english while
we need german. OS- and CultureInfo-settings are both german.
Is there a way to change this behaviour ?

Thanks

When you say that the OS settings are German, what do you mean by that?
It's clearly *not* a German OS or the message box buttons *would* be in
German. That's really the only way to make it happen: you have to have an
OS that was built to run in German. It doesn't have to be built *only* to
run in German (you might be able to switch from language to language), but
without the basic multi-language support, the message box buttons won't be
in German. Since I don't think that any WM2003 devices are built for
multiple languages (although there are some which are built for languages
other than English), I think you're out of luck, unless you can get the
German OS for your device from the manufacturer.

Alternatively, you could just change your own program to run in German, of
course.

Paul T.

"M. Aldenhoff" <M. (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsEF2C1DB-7D60-410E-A611-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> we have an app running on Windows Mobile 2003 and also on the Second
> Edition.
> With SE the language of Buttons in a MessageBox is always in english while
> we need german. OS- and CultureInfo-settings are both german.
> Is there a way to change this behaviour ?
>
> Thanks
>

It is a german OS. That's what our customer tells us. (I don't have the SE on
my test-PDA and it works...)
But what do you mean saying "you could just change your own program to run
in German"? That would be ok but I didn't find a way to change the language
in messageboxes.

Thanks,
Mechthild Aldenhoff

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:

> When you say that the OS settings are German, what do you mean by that?
> It's clearly *not* a German OS or the message box buttons *would* be in
> German. That's really the only way to make it happen: you have to have an
> OS that was built to run in German. It doesn't have to be built *only* to
> run in German (you might be able to switch from language to language), but
> without the basic multi-language support, the message box buttons won't be
> in German. Since I don't think that any WM2003 devices are built for
> multiple languages (although there are some which are built for languages
> other than English), I think you're out of luck, unless you can get the
> German OS for your device from the manufacturer.
>
> Alternatively, you could just change your own program to run in German, of
> course.
>
> Paul T.
>
> "M. Aldenhoff" <M. (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsEF2C1DB-7D60-410E-A611-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> > we have an app running on Windows Mobile 2003 and also on the Second
> > Edition.
> > With SE the language of Buttons in a MessageBox is always in english while
> > we need german. OS- and CultureInfo-settings are both german.
> > Is there a way to change this behaviour ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
>
>

You don't have to use some system standard message box to display a dialog.
Create a form with a suitable set of buttons and show it modally -- like
magic you have a dialog in whatever language you want. You'd have to create
your own dialogs for anything you want in the local language...

Paul T.

"M. Aldenhoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:29E04018-E303-498E-84CF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> It is a german OS. That's what our customer tells us. (I don't have the SE
> on
> my test-PDA and it works...)
> But what do you mean saying "you could just change your own program to run
> in German"? That would be ok but I didn't find a way to change the
> language
> in messageboxes.
>
> Thanks,
> Mechthild Aldenhoff
>
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:
>
>> When you say that the OS settings are German, what do you mean by that?
>> It's clearly *not* a German OS or the message box buttons *would* be in
>> German. That's really the only way to make it happen: you have to have
>> an
>> OS that was built to run in German. It doesn't have to be built *only*
>> to
>> run in German (you might be able to switch from language to language),
>> but
>> without the basic multi-language support, the message box buttons won't
>> be
>> in German. Since I don't think that any WM2003 devices are built for
>> multiple languages (although there are some which are built for languages
>> other than English), I think you're out of luck, unless you can get the
>> German OS for your device from the manufacturer.
>>
>> Alternatively, you could just change your own program to run in German,
>> of
>> course.
>>
>> Paul T.
>>
>> "M. Aldenhoff" <M. (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> newsEF2C1DB-7D60-410E-A611-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hi,
>> > we have an app running on Windows Mobile 2003 and also on the Second
>> > Edition.
>> > With SE the language of Buttons in a MessageBox is always in english
>> > while
>> > we need german. OS- and CultureInfo-settings are both german.
>> > Is there a way to change this behaviour ?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>>
>>
>>