Translating User Interface

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Translating the user interface


All command messages and dialog texts are located in a single file - BcadTools.<language>.msg.

Here, the <language> item within the filename refers to the localization version of BricsCAD.


These files are normal ANSI files - please do not  save as Unicode or UTF-8/16 format !

Each line in the file represents a single message or dialog label, using a simple


<key>   #   <message/label>


format; <key> is an internal identifier and must not be changed at all.


Procedure for translation


lets assume the translation into French language - BricsCAD uses <fr_FR> language key here.

Thus, the file BcadTools.en_US.msg can be copied to BcadTools.fr_FR.msg, which can be used for French translation then.


Then, any suitable text editor (supporting ANSI file save) can be used to edit the message and label texts.


If a French version of BricsCAD is running, BcadTools will automatically use the new BcadTools.fr_FR.msg message file.


Remarks :

all message files must be located in .\Language sub-folder in BcadTools Freeware installation folder !