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Using Default Buttons

When creating Windows applications, developers often use the default buttons (OK and Cancel). This technique might not be the best for applications you want to translate. The default buttons display labels in the language of the operating system on which they are running. For example, if an application is running on Windows for French, the labels for the default buttons appear in French. Only if your application will always run in one language environment, should you use the default buttons.

If your application allows users to specify a language in which they will see the interface, you should avoid using default buttons, because you cannot programmatically specify the strings that the default buttons use as labels. Create your own buttons and mark the labels as translatable.


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