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The RC-WinTrans localization environment comes integrated with Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Together with the RC-WinTrans component object model, VBA technology helps make RC-WinTrans customizable, extendable, open for new solutions and capable of meeting changing requirements in software localization and workflow processes. |
Add-ons are program utilities that enhance a primary program. In RC-WinTrans, it is a software component that extends the application’s functionality.
Technically, an RC-WinTrans Add-on is a VBA macros file (file extension = .macro) that has at least one procedure implemented that is to be executed. The functionality is coded using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and can do virtually anything a user (third-party manufacturer or Schaudin.com) needs it to do in order to extend RC-WinTrans’ capabilities to suit their particular requirements.
RC-WinTrans Add-ons extend RC-WinTrans’ existing capabilities to carry out specialized tasks and functions not already included in the application. Add-ons have their own menu in RC-WinTrans to access the specified functionality (see Add-On menu, below). The integration is seamless and can be realized with a minimum of time, cost and effort thanks to RC-WinTrans’ advanced technological design.
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Examples of Add-Ons Available for RC-WinTrans |
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Microsoft Excel Import/Export Used to export data to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet file (file extension: .xls) and import text data from an Excel spreadsheet into an RC-WinTrans project. Several options can be specified to determine which data will be imported or exported. Details...
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Machine Translation Access to machine translations via the Internet. The add-on uses the Google Translation and the Microsoft Translate Web interface to quickly and easily supply a translator with machine-generated translations while working with RC-WinTrans. Details...
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WPF GUI Editor for Localization GUI editor for.NET WPF resources. Details...
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File Converters File converters are used to enable the translation of file types not already supported by RC-WinTrans. File converters can be supplied to RC-WinTrans as VBA macros to read and to write a certain file to be translated.
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TMX Import/Export An add-on extending the application's capabilities to export data as a TMX format file and to import text data from a TMX file. Dialog boxes for specifying options are added to RC-WinTrans as well as two functions for process automation. Details...
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Logoport Integration/Web TM Integration An add-on allowing a Logoport translation memory to be used in the same way as dictionaries, i.e., referenced for functions such as find/save translation(s), concordance search, automatic translation, and the uniform translation check function to check translations in the active RC-WinTrans translation project against the translations in a given Logoport translation memory. Visit the Lionbridge Website for more information on Logoport...
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Maximum String Length Check While Editing Alerts the user when the maximum string length for the selected text item has been exceeded while the text is being edited. A "Length Check" window shows whether the currently selected translation unit meets or exceeds the maximum string length specifications. |
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Activating an Add-On for Use in RC-WinTrans |
To activate an Add-On, simply copy the add-on (the VBA macros file with the file extension *.macro) to the “Add-Ons” folder in the RC-WinTrans installation directory:
<Install Dir>\RC-WinTrans X8\Add-Ons
Once the add-on is available in/accessible from the “Add-Ons” folder, RC-WinTrans will automatically load the add-on into its VBA system at start-up.
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Accessing Add-On Functionality: The Add-On Menu |
The special functionality of a given add-on is accessed via RC-WinTrans’s Add-On menu (see figure below). An add-on component usually adds one or more menu items (commands) to the Add-On menu.
NOTE: The Add-On menu is available since March 2007 (Version 8.5.3.x). Previous versions of RC-WinTrans do not have an Add-On menu.
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Figure: The Add-On menu in RC-WinTrans to which commands related to two different add-ons (Logoport, TMX) have been added. |
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Obtaining an Add-On |
Please contact Schaudin.com for information and assistance