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February 2006 - Posts

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 3:58 PM

Why Create a Replacement Locale Instead of a New Locale in Vista?

Previously I blogged about the instability of culture data . Now I'm going to look at the question from the other direction. Why create a replacement locale/culture instead of a new locale in Vista? Won't that confuse applications when they cross machines?
Posted by shawnste | 1 Comments
Monday, February 20, 2006 4:53 PM

When Does Someone Replace a Windows (or .Net) Locale?

Windows Vista and .Net 2.0 support custom locales. A couple days ago Michael mentioned to me that people were wondering when someone would actually replace a built-in locale. For new custom locales, its fairly easy to see why people would want to make
Posted by shawnste | 10 Comments
Monday, February 20, 2006 11:00 AM

Windows Vista Microsoft Locale Builder Tool

We're working on a tool, the Microsoft Locale Builder, for Windows Vista to help users create their own custom locales. This will help those users that need a tool rather than a managed API to create a custom locale. I'll post a link to the public beta
Posted by shawnste | 11 Comments
Friday, February 17, 2006 3:51 PM

Klingon in pIqaD Windows Vista Custom Locale

Use custom keyboards, locales, fonts and font linking to create a solution for complex custom locales. I use the made-up Klingon language and pIqad script for my example.
Posted by shawnste | 4 Comments
Attachment(s): tlh-pIqaD-US.zip
 
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