String concat in string resource?

[PeterD]

In a .RC file, is there a way to do this:

#include <winnt.h>

#define ASDF "MyProduct"

STRINGTABLE
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
BEGIN
1001, ASDF "is the best product in the world."
END

where the final result would be that string resource would have the
value: "MyProduct is a product."

I wan to customize my resource files for different products or
different text without duplication of hundreds of lines. That way, I
change the #define from "MyProduct" to "OtherProduct" for product two,
and so on and so on... <g>

I tried ## to concat but that only works in the #define directive and
not in the stringtable...

Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions!

[Tom Serface]

I don't know of a way to do that in a .rc file, but you could certainly do
it in code easily by just using two adding to a CString. I would tend to
use a FormatMessage() and put %1 in for the product name. That way when you
localize you can move the %1 to after the text if the language calls for
that.

Tom

"PeterD" <pet...@hipson.net> wrote in message
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[PeterD]

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:11:23 -0800, "Tom Serface"
<tom.n...@camaswood.com> wrote:

>I don't know of a way to do that in a .rc file, but you could certainly do
>it in code easily by just using two adding to a CString. I would tend to
>use a FormatMessage() and put %1 in for the product name. That way when you
>localize you can move the %1 to after the text if the language calls for
>that.
>
>Tom
>
>"PeterD" <pet...@hipson.net> wrote in message

I didi end up doing it in code, but I'd hoped that I could have stuck
it in the RC file... Oh, well, that's life.

[Tom Serface]

I think in the long run you'll be glad you did it in code. It will give you
more control over alternate translations when you decide to localize the
application.

Tom

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