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It appears that multiline strings stored in .DIX format always end up with a single \x0A separating the lines, however the multi-line editor actually creates/edits the entries with \x0D\x0A pairs, which match what our .SIL files have. This means the I cannot get translations for these items.

I'm starting with a .SIL file with just English and adding Chinese. Then I use the dictionary to auto-translate all the Chinese and save it. When I try to re-open it I get several errors that "Format specifiers don't match for all languages". Note: We use ~` as our delimiter, but the defau...

I'm using the automation interface of the SILEditor to convert our development .SIL files to .SIBs for distribution by creating a "SILEditor.SILEditorIntf" object then calling EditFile, then ExportTo. Unfortunately, the call to EditFile puts the editor in a state where it will not automati...

With Windows' MessageBox API, whenever we prompt the user to confirm a deletion, we pass MB_YESNO | MB_DEFBUTTON2, allowing the "No" to be both the Default and Cancel button. The CLX version of MessageDlg adds an optional DefaultBtn parameter (serving the same purpose) that isn't in the VC...

We are experimenting with .SIL files that do not have [Dialogs] entries for a form with a TsiLangRTSE component. When the .SIL is exported as a .SIB, the classname gets written as "TsiLangLinked" instead of "TsiLang". At run-time, this causes the form's creation to fail with an E...

In a .SIL... [Multilines] are stored with commas separating the lines Multi-line [Strings] are stored with 0x19 + 0x1A separators When Exported as a .SIB... [Multilines] are streamed with 0x01 separators Multi-line [Strings] are streamed with 0x19 + 0x1A separators If the .SIB is Exported back out a...

Because our application is 300+ forms I want to use binary .SIB.
My plan is a shortcut on each form, translator people use it (through EditStrings) to translate that form, then I merge their changes into the main .SIB.
Can you suggest a way to automate merging their .SIL into the main .SIB?

The SILEditor itself supports exporting to .SIB files, is this (or will you make it) available through the ExportTo automation interface ?

Your documentation should stress that although TsiLangRTSE launches the external SILEditor, which can handle .SIB files (whereas the internal editor cannot), the EditStrings method itself does not support .SIB files, and will quietly overwrite whatever filename is specified .

Rather than us just playing with it, can you please explain how the new IsInheritedOwner and UseInheritedData properties are supposed to work?