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System error messages in other languages

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From: Michael Winter
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:38
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Hi,

is there a way to get a Windows system error message for a given error
number, using FormatMessage, in another as the system language, or at least
in english on a non english system?

In my case I have a server application knowing, say, german, english, and
french, running on a german W2K machine, and users (clients) with different
language settings connect to it. The clients send their language
identifier, and the server responds to later client requests in the
appropriate language. So far no problem.

Now if an error occurs on the server (e. g. GetLastError returns 2, i. e.
File not found), the client in question would get the message generated by
SysErrorMessage in german, the server's machine language, which is a bit
annoying for a non german user.

Is there any way to solve this except including the top 100 error messages
by hand?

TIA,

-Michael
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