VS2008 resource editor changes language

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Hi all,

I am doing some improvements to an application in VS2008 in C++.

When I try to edit resources (for example add an entry in the string table), the editor changes the rc file language from LANG_ENGLISH to LANG_NEUTRAL and a non English text is replaced with question marks.

If I edit the rc file externally (in notepad), and then load it in VS2008 it works fine.

Can anybody help me solve this?
Thanks

Shimon

Posted 20-May-10 3:15am

dj4400

Updated 20-May-10 3:45am

Moak

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Martin Jarvis · Answer 1 · 2010-05-21T02:02:00

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What happens if you set the neutral language to be english?

for C# this is done by adding this to the AssemblyInfo.cs, but as it's a .Net feature you should be able to do the same in C++ (syntax may differ):

[assembly: NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute("en")]

Posted 21-May-10 2:02am

Martin Jarvis

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dj4400 25-May-10 10:04am

Hi,
Thanks for your response.
Do you mean changing it dynamically or after it is being replaced from english - statically?

Martin Jarvis 25-May-10 10:05am

Statically, so that your neutral language will use the 'en' settings (which seems to work for you)