Re: Quality Cental

From: OBones (obones_fff__at_meloo_fdf_.com)
Date: 04/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:58:50 +1000

Graham Harris wrote:

>>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?

It is Color, and I wouldn't want that to change. Please, let's not do
what Microsoft did with VBA for Excel, where it even replaces English
code by French one when you save it. This way, you can't use it with an
English version of Excel...

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