A while back to debug at my application for resource file bugs pointed by QA I used to write a console application which reads all the resource files, generate HTMLized Excel file ( :) ) to compare availability of strings and what is causing a particular language setting to behave differently in the application.
Last week, I just had an idea and a bit of time to improve upon this to create a simple (rather very simple) Windows forms application which does the following:
Last week, I just had an idea and a bit of time to improve upon this to create a simple (rather very simple) Windows forms application which does the following:
- Load the base resource file (System Locale)
- Generate a grid containing the key value pairs in the resource file.
- List matching other language files into the listbox.
- As and when other languages are chosen, update the grid with the entries from the selected languages.
- Indicate missing keys in the grid with a different color.
- Provide the legendary Excel Export option as a comma-delimited file.
I have shared the application as an opensource project in Codeplex at this URL:
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