Concatenating String Table Entries in ISWI

[Phil Wilson]

Please make it possible to define a string table entry made from other
string table entries. It would be useful to be able to say that
{FULLPRODUCTNAME} is something like {MYCOMPANYNAME} & " " &
{THISPRODUCTNAME} & " " & {VERSION} in the
situation where {MYCOMPANYNAME}, {PRODUCTNAME} and {VERSION} already exist
as string table entries. Yes, it can be done with InstallScript, but we're
trying to move away from that.

[Mike Berger]

String tables exist mainly for translation to other languages.
Building strings from other strings is generally not a good idea due to
the different ordering of nouns and verbs and adjectives in other
languages.

Most of the strings you use in your example wouldn't be translated anyways.

Just an observation.
-Mike

"Phil Wilson" <phil....@unisys.com> wrote in message
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[Phil Wilson]

I agree about sentence construction However the place we're having to do a
lot of work is in company names, product names, product descriptions,
headings and so on - these are often made up of combinations of company
names, product names, and product descriptions in some order. For example
our company name is showing up in dozens and dozens of string table entries,
and when we send a product to third party vendors to put their company name
in there, we have to change them everywhere instead of just once. Strings
like these ARE translated when a third party wants your software
installation, and wants it branded with their company name, product names,
web sites etc etc.

"Mike Berger" <mbe...@veritas.com> wrote in message
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