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I have five different scripts that are basically identical except for variables that represent the dialogue screens in different languages. The problem is that when a computer system is installed using the English version of the OS, and then the language/locale is changed for a different language, the "OK", "Yes", "No", etc, buttons still display in English.

If the OS was installed in the other language, the buttons display in the correct language (like "Acceptar", "Si", "No", etc for Spanish).

Is there a way to force AutoIt's msgbox function to utilize a specific language?

Thanks in advance for any help!

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have a look at @OSLang in help file :)

If @OSlang <> "0406" Then;danish
;function

elseif @OSlang <> "0436" then;africaans
;function
EndIf

040a,080a,0c0a,100a,140a,180a,1c0a,200a, 240a,280a,2c0a,300a,340a,380a,3c0a,400a, 440a,480a,4c0a,500a

here's another way

;function here _Language())
MsgBox(0, "Your OS Language:", _Language())

Func _Language()
Select
    Case StringInStr("0413,0813", @OSLang)
        Return "Dutch";remove and return function specifally to oslang

    Case StringInStr("0409,0809,0c09,1009,1409,1809,1c09,2009, _
                    2409,2809,2c09,3009,3409", @OSLang)
        Return "English";remove and return function specifally to oslang

    Case StringInStr("040c,080c,0c0c,100c,140c,180c", @OSLang)
        Return "French";remove and return function specifally to oslang

    Case StringInStr("0407,0807,0c07,1007,1407", @OSLang)
        Return "German";remove and return function specifally to oslang

    Case StringInStr("0410,0810", @OSLang)
        Return "Italian";remove and return function specifally to oslang

    Case StringInStr("0414,0814", @OSLang)
        Return "Norwegian";remove and return function specifally to oslang

    Case StringInStr("0415", @OSLang)
        Return "Polish";remove and return function specifally to oslang

    Case StringInStr("0416,0816", @OSLang)
        Return "Portuguese";remove and return function specifally to oslang

    Case StringInStr("040a,080a,0c0a,100a,140a,180a,1c0a,200a, _
                    240a,280a,2c0a,300a,340a,380a,3c0a,400a, _
                    440a,480a,4c0a,500a", @OSLang)
        Return "Spanish";remove and return function specifally to oslang

    Case StringInStr("041d,081d", @OSLang)
        Return "Swedish";remove and return function specifally to oslang

    Case Else
        Return "Other (can determine with @OSLang directly"

    EndSelect
EndFunc
Edited by slightly_abnormal
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Use an ini file to store the translations..... Code and ini example below:

$lang = "Spanish"
;$lang = _Language(); from slightly_abnormal or the help file

MsgBox(0x1000, "", Translate("Hi"))
MsgBox(0x1000, "", Translate("Bye"))

Func Translate($txt)
    Return IniRead(@ScriptDir & "\LangInfo.ini", $lang, $txt, $txt)
EndFunc

[English]

Hi= Hello

Bye=Goodbye

[spanish]

Hi =Hola

Bye=Adios

[German]

Hi=guten Tag

Bye=auf Wiedersehen

Or you could organize the INI the following way, but I think the above makes more sense:

[Hi]

English=

Spanish=

German=

[bye]

English=

Spanish=

German=

Edited by CyberSlug
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That's a nice way to have multiple languages for each string of text... But the "OK" button still displays as "OK" instead of "Acceptar". I am trying to get the buttons for the different types of message boxes to appear in the correct language (per the install script) instead of what language the computer system is configured to use.

The way it currently appears:

The way I need it to apepar:

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That's a nice way to have multiple languages for each string of text... But the "OK" button still displays as "OK" instead of "Acceptar". I am trying to get the buttons for the different types of message boxes to appear in the correct language (per the install script) instead of what language the computer system is configured to use.

The way it currently appears:

The way I need it to apepar:

Yes, the fact is OS Language.

Like alternative, you can create your own Msgbox with the GUI features.

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I get what you are saying.

:) I read your second post in this thread instead of the original :mellow:

AutoIt just calls the standard Windows MsgBox function to display message boxes....

Do the message boxes in notepad, mspaint, wordpad, etc. show English or the the correct language?

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  • 4 months later...

All, I found that if the XP OS image was installed in English, and then the MultiLingual Pack installed, the location in the registry that controls how the dialog screens are displayed is locaed here:

HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop", "MultiUILanguageId"

A normal English install of the XP OS (without the language pack) does not have this particular value in the registry.

So I populated a language variable $lang using the _Language() function "Slightly_Abnormal" shared, then I add the following lines, and run it back through an equivelant language function, but instead of searching against @OSLang, I did it against my $test variable.

$test = RegRead("HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop", "MultiUILanguageId")

$guierror = @error

If $guierror == -1 OR $guierror == 1 Then Return "English" ; If we cannot read the registry value

$test = StringRight($test, 4) ; match only the last 4 numbers

Hope this helps someone else.

Thanks "Slighty_Abnormal"... I use your language function all of the time.

Edited by LynnS
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