Hi,


	XDat2Cat V1.0 is a litle program for a quick creation of
a catalog file for your own program in Blitz Basic...

	But be careful, it doesn't make the file.catalog !!! It will
only make the file.cd ( catalog description ) and, if you want, a
file.ct ( catalog translation ).

	For the first step, you must doing a data-file of your localised
strings. The format of this file is like this :

	
	Label
	Data$ "Localised text"   ; "Texte localisé"
	Data$ "An other text"    ; "Un autre texte"
	Data$ "Yes|No !!"		; "Oui|Non !!"
	OtherLabel				
	Data$ "Again, some text"	; "Encore du texte"
	...
	..
	.

	'Label' is a name for the type of strings. 
	"Localised text" is the english version of the catalog's string.
	It's the description's string for the file.cd.
	"Texte localisé" is the translation's string for the file.ct.

	In the file.cd , this will create this strings : 

	;
	MSG_Label_1 (1//)
	Localised text
	;
	MSG_Label_2 (2//)
	An other text
	;
	...
	..
	.

	And in the file.ct :

		;
	MSG_Label_1 (1//)
	Texte localisé
	;
	MSG_Label_2 (2//)
	Un autre texte
	;
	...
	..
	.

	When you've got this two file, you can create the file.catalog.
	One way is using the program CatEdit ( © 93-95 Rafael D'Halleweyn )
	available on Aminet.
 
		-First step  : 
			Menu : extras/read/catalog description
			( select your file.cd )
		-Second step :
			Menu : extras/read/catalog translation
			( select your file.ct )
		-Final step :
			Menu : project/save
			( save your file.catalog in the
			  LOCALE:catalogs/the_country_of_the_translation)
		-That's all

	I hope my english is not too bad ;-) ...
	Enjoy yourself whith this program, and ask me if you've got some
	problems with it.

	By, Xavier

	PS: the source is available on my own WEB site ;-)

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[generic]                  583    1014  57.5% -lh5- 52e6 Sep 24  1997 X_Dat2Cat/Locale/Catalogs/français/XDat2Cat.catalog
[generic]                  722    2221  32.5% -lh5- f759 Sep 16  1997 X_Dat2Cat/XDat2Cat
[generic]                  592    1383  42.8% -lh5- 1c92 Sep 23  1997 X_Dat2Cat/XDat2Cat.cd
[generic]                  533    1250  42.6% -lh5- a8d1 Sep 23  1997 X_Dat2Cat/XDat2Cat.ct
[generic]                28407   61364  46.3% -lh5- 66e1 Sep 24  1997 X_Dat2Cat/XDat2Cat.exe
[generic]                  256     383  66.8% -lh5- d162 Sep 16  1997 X_Dat2Cat/XDat2Cat.exe.info
[generic]                 1227    3236  37.9% -lh5- 878e Sep 16  1997 X_Dat2Cat/XDat2Cat.readme
[generic]                  212    2242   9.5% -lh5- 04cd Sep 16  1997 X_Dat2Cat/XDat2Cat.readme.info
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 Total         8 files   32532   73093  44.5%            Sep 24  1997