🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi !
I've made a small tool for merging dfn files of different versions.
Let me explain what's the problem with the ITE:
In our company we have to translate our program into four languages. As 
I have no idear how to write and speak japanese or french we outsource 
this work to someone else. This process will take some time and we 
certainly can't stop our work. So our program will be changed in the 
visual interface (some actions here, some buttons there) and when we 
receive the translated dfn and dfm files they simply doesn't match the 
one's I have on my computer.
If I copy now the translated dfn/dfm into my language directory I can 
certainly make a resource dll (e.g. .jpn file in japanese) but 
unfortunately I can be sure my program will not work any longer as 
expected although my source code is O.K. There will be very strange 
results like 'Abnormal program termination' and 'Access violations' 
which you will never get in your non-translated program. An 'update 
resource dlls' will not help in this case since it does NOT update the 
old dfn in the right way !
There is no mechanism in the ITE which ensures that the resource dll's 
are matching your code, so you have always to hope that it works.

As we have a lot of translations and we can't do the work over and over 
again on a 'build from scratch' version I decided to make a tool which 
merges the translations of an older dfn in a newer, normally 'build from 
scratch' dfn. Maybe you will loose some translations if you have renamed 
your components but you can ensure that your program will work !
How it works:
You have to select three files:
1. Your translated dfn file
2. Your untranslated 'build from scratch' dfn file
3. The new created merged version of these two files
Choose the properties of the dfm (like caption, hints, items and so on) 
you want to merge.

First the program looks in the translated file if there are translated 
entrys and if they differ from the original ('Orig:' <-> 'Curr:').

After that it searches the above entrys in the untranslated file. If it 
finds a match, it will exchange the 'Curr:' field with the translated 
version.

Finally it will write the new dfn file which you can copy back in your 
translations directory. Do a 'update resource dlls' and have a look at 
the results. For me it works and hopefully it could help someone with 
the same proplem.

So, if there's someone interested in the program and the sources he (or 
she) should write me an email and will receive the program, sources and 
  documentation for free. It should be clear that I'm not responsible 
for any defects caused by this program (although it shouldn't destroy 
anything - but it's always a good idea to make a backup before working 
on the files).

Bye,

-- 
Dipl. Ing. Oliver Rutsch
EMail: orutsch@sympatec.com � Tel.:+49 5321/563-137
Sympatec GmbH 38644 Goslar � Germany