Create Worldwide Applications with The Book on the Subject Internationalization and Localization Using Microsoft .NET from Apress

New book from Apress teached developers to create applications that can easily be deployed in multiple languages and countries - essential information for today's global IT industry.

Berkeley, CA-January 29, 2002-Apress announces the release of Internationalization and Localization Using Microsoft .NET by Nicholas Symmonds. This unique book teaches developers how to create applications that can easily be deployed in multiple languages and countries-an essential feature in todays global markets.

Highlights from this title include:

·The Globalization and Resources namespaces, which relate directly to localization
·Examples of resource files and how they are used in .NET
·Visual and command-line tools that aid in localization
·In-depth discussion of design and implementation of world-ready programs

Internationalization and Localization Using Microsoft .NET provides a comprehensive discussion of how to localize code using Visual Studio .NET. Author Nicholas Symmonds is an experienced developer and project manager of Windows applications intended for use worldwide who knows the advantages of localization in the design stage and the disadvantages of localizing a project after the fact. Both methods of localizing code are discussed in this book. The numerous tools made available by VS .NET to aid in the localization process are covered in depth, and the pros and cons of each are presented to the reader. Symmonds has included a comprehensive example of a resource editor and takes readers through writing this editor in both C# and VB .NET. This sample is not only useful as a product in itself, but it also instructs readers how to write complicated code in both .NET languages.

About the Book
Internationalization and Localization Using Microsoft .NET
By Nicholas Symmonds
ISBN: 1-59059-002-3
$44.95 US
384p.                                                                                             More information, a sample chapter, a table of contents, and downloadable source code are available online at http://www.apress.com/catalog/book/1590590023/.

About the Author
Nicholas Symmonds is a software engineer working for the Security and Safety Solutions division of Ingersoll-Rand Corp. He currently works on the software/hardware integration team and the programs he has written are used around the world. He has written articles for MultiLingual Computing & Technology magazine, and during his career, he has programmed in C, straight C++, ATL, and VB. He is now a staunch convert to the .NET platform.

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