Re: Quality Cental

From: Graham Harris (ng_at_bmsgharr.globalnet.co.uk)
Date: 04/15/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:03:26 +0100

> I imagine the locales reflect the locales Borland localizes their
> products to. I'd be willing to bet there's no UK-specific (English
> English) edition of Delphi, so why would there be a locale for the UK?
> The UK locale is probably either the "Intl" entry or the "US" entry.
You're right the locale of Delphi for the UK is the American consequently
when I see the word Colour (as it is spelt in the UK) it now seems weird.
Why can't Borland localise it to the UK? Just as a matter of interest in the
French version of Delphi is the property spelt the French way or the
American?

> More importantly, this is probably better discussed in
> borland.public.qualitycentral.

Wasn't aware of the newsgroup........

> Will
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