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In fact, RB Manager 92 as a project grew out of the frustrations and errors that developed as 93 the result of trying to maintain multiple language support in a moderately 94 large project. Relying on text editors and the like decreases the chance 95 that developers will properly comment each aspect of each translation, 96 increases the chance that errors such as duplicate key names and inconsistencies 97 across language files, and increases the amount of time developers and 98 translators have to spend tracking down inconsistencies and untranslated 99 resources.</P> 100 <P>RBManager offers the following features to correct these problems:</P> 101 <P> 102 <UL> 103 104 <LI> RB Manager can edit multiple language files when appropriate</LI> 105 <LI>Entries are checked for proper format and assured not to be duplicates</LI> 106 107 <LI>RB Manager provides a better grouping of resources, so that individual 108 translations are easy to find</LI> 109 <LI>Each language file will display in its own view a list of only resources 110 that are untranslated</LI> 111 112 <LI>RB Manager keeps track of statistics such as number of resources, 113 untranslated items, etc.</LI> 114 115 <LI>RB Manager allows importing and exporting of translation data into 116 multiple formats</LI> 117 <LI>Use of the application cuts down on development, translation, and 118 debugging time in any internationalized setting</LI> 119 </UL> 120 121 <P><B>Will RB Manager work on my computer?</B></P> 122 123 <P>RB Manager is written using only the Java API. It has been tested under 124 the Java 1.2.2 runtime environment and higher. If your computer has a 125 Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in this environment, RBManager should work 126 for you. Instructions for setting up and running the program are found 127 in <A HREF="tutorial/step1.html">Step 1</A> of the tutorial.</P> 128 129 <P><B>Why doesn't RB Manager run in language X?</B></P> 130 <P></P> 131 <P>RB Manager will allow you to edit language files for any language/country/variant 132 encoding. To demonstrate the usefulness of internationalization, RB Manager 133 has its own resource bundle. The application can currently be run in English, 134 German, Swedish, and Finnish. You are welcome to use the program to edit 135 its own resource bundle and add any other language. If you do so, you 136 may submit the new language file to the 137 <A HREF="http://www.jtcsv.com/cgibin/icu-bugs/">ICU bug database</A>. 138 Each submission will be considered for future submissions, but the submittor 139 must give the rights to the translation to IBM if the file is to be included.</P> 140 <P><B>I found a bug. Where do I report it?</B></P> 141 <P>Please submit a bug to the <a href="http://www.jtcsv.com/cgibin/icu-bugs/">ICU bug database</a>.</P> 142 <P><B>What can I expect from future versions of RB Manager?</B></P> 143 <P><A HREF="future_features.html">Answer</A></P> 144 <!-- #EndEditable --></TD> 145 </TR> 146 <TR> 147 <TD BACKGROUND="images/template_ll.gif" HEIGHT="40" WIDTH="200"> 148 <!-- Comment --> 149 </TD> 150 <TD WIDTH="80"> 151 <!-- Comment --> 152 </TD> 153 <TD> 154 <CENTER><SPAN CLASS="Copyright">Copyright 2000-2001 International Business Machines, All Rights Reserved</SPAN></CENTER> 155 </TD> 156 </TR> 157</TABLE> 158</BODY> 159<!-- #EndTemplate --></HTML> 160
