jonathan, with a more universal outlook, perceived:

>Ken
>
>while these little apps are wonderful, may i suggest an improvement.
>
>by using intl routines (in the calculator for the decimal) or here in the
>calender, you can grab the info direct from the mac (days of the week,
>months etc.) this will not only make the apps smaller, but they'll be
>automagically localised!
>
>:-j


jonathan,


Excellent suggestion. In my earlier prototypes I used IUDATESTRING 
calls rather than the date record you saw in the posted code. But in 
the back of my mind I had a nagging doubt that IUDATESTRING would 
break things and at the last minute changed the code using the DATE$ 
record calls.

>by using intl routines (in the calculator for the decimal) or here in the
>calender, you can grab the info direct from the mac (days of the week,
>months etc.)

I assume you mean IUDATESTRING calls. Is that correct?

>by using intl routines (in the calculator for the decimal)

Concerning an international routine for decimal use, I confess I 
don't understand what you mean, or how to implement it. I thought 
decimal use was universal.

>this will not only make the apps smaller, but they'll be
>automagically localised!

Perhaps someone would like to write a little tutorial on 
internationalization of our apps. From this side of the pond, we have 
a tendency to forget that American English is not a universal 
language. By far the majority on the list handle the language so 
well, it's easy to forget. (Alain tells me he can barely speak or 
understand spoken English, but he writes it so well it's almost 
unbelievable. Of course, when Ruslan shows up... well that's another 
story! Then again, he shames my understanding of Russian. And when 
Staz starts speakin' Mississippian, well, we all give up!)

One thing I have wondered: How do you size an EDIT FIELD for 
universality? I know that what takes one word to say in English often 
may take two in another language, and vice versa. Is there any kind 
of convention to "univesalize" a application for language?

Thanks for the fine reminders and kind suggestions.


Ken