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Total Files : 96 + 7 (those from v4) = 103 (.asp and .js files)
Total FileSize : 2,271 KB + (198 KB) = 2,469 KB
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<b>Global Status (1 icon = 5%)</b>:
#Days  : 15 (netto)
#Files  : 104.5 (the last file is the help file for internationalization)
Filesize : 2,475 KB

% #Files : 99.05% 
% Filesize : 99.36% 
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<b>String Statistics</b>:
# Global String Def.   :   210   9.8% 
   sLng_Error_* :  31
   sLng_Basic_* : 145
   sLng_Smiley_* :  20
   sLng_Color_* :  14
# File String Def. sofar  : 1,930  90.2%  
# To translate sofar   : 2,140 100.0% 
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# Global String Use sofar  : 1,786  39.6%  
# File String Use sofar   : 2,724  60.4% 
# String Use sofar   : 4,510 100.0% 
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# fLang() calls    : 4,076  92.2%
# fLangN() calls   :   335   7.6% 
# fLangSP() calls   :     9   0.2% 
# Total calls    : 4,420 100.0%
(=>non fLang use of variables: 4510-4420=90)
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File Str Efficiency : 1.41 (2724/1930=use/definition)
Global Str Efficiency : 8.50 (1786/210=use/definition)
General Efficiency : 2.11 (4510/2140=use/definition)
Avg. String length : 41.36 (based on definitions)
Expected File Size : 144kb (non utf-8)
Definition Overhead : %66.7 (overhead caused by "varname = " part & CrLf)
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Files not converted: inc_code.asp, testemailcomponent.asp, whereami.asp, inc_code.js
sLng_Error_* :  29
sLng_Basic_* : 118
sLng_Smiley_* :  20
sLngFFFFNNNNN :2051
TOTAL  :2218
File Str Efficiency : 1.29 (=use/definition)
Global Str Efficiency : 8.13 (=use/definition)
General Efficiency : 1.81 (=use/definition)
Avg. String length : 42.14 (based on definitions - without global)
Expected File Size : 140kb (non utf-8 - without global)
Definition Overhead : %66 (overhead caused by "varname = " part & CrLf - without global)
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Files not converted: inc_code.asp, testemailcomponent.asp, whereami.asp, inc_code.js
sLng_Error_* :  31
sLng_Basic_* : 131
sLng_Smiley_* :  20
sLngFFFFNNNNN :1948
TOTAL  :2130
File Str Efficiency : 1.30 (2523/1948=use/definition)
Global Str Efficiency : 7.95 (1488/182=use/definition)
General Efficiency : 1.92 (4087/2130=use/definition)
Avg. String length : 41.02 (based on definitions)
Expected File Size : 143kb (non utf-8)
Definition Overhead : %68 (overhead caused by "varname = " part & CrLf)
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Files not converted: inc_code.asp, testemailcomponent.asp, whereami.asp, inc_code.js
sLng_Error_* :  31
sLng_Basic_* : 143
sLng_Smiley_* :  20
sLng_Color_* :  14
sLngFFFFNNNNN :1868
TOTAL  :2076
File Str Efficiency : 1.32 (2465/1868=use/definition)
Global Str Efficiency : 9.02 (1750/194=use/definition)
General Efficiency : 2.07 (4290/2076=use/definition)
Avg. String length : 41.39 (based on definitions)
Expected File Size : 140kb (non utf-8)
Definition Overhead : %67 (overhead caused by "varname = " part & CrLf)

1. SETUP: Create the LCID table with default (1033=English-US)


2. LCID RECORD MANAGEMENT: Add, delete, (re-)order locale records and set the defaults to locale defaults


3. LOCALE SPECIFIC OPTIONS: Customize locale specific info such as date, time formats.


4. HTML ENCODING: To be used in header and in some e-mail components


5. ANSI AND OEM CODEPAGES: To be used in some e-mail components


6. DIRECTION (LTR/RTL): To be used in the BODY statement and in some other places such as select boxes.


7. ALPHABET SEQUENCE: To be used in members page for paging.


8. NUMBER FORMAT: To show numeric info.


9. DATE FORMAT: To show date info.


10. TIME FORMAT: To show time info.


11. ...

1. DEFAULT COUNTRY: Needed to show a default country to the new users. Needs CONFIG_NEW database definition, option in admin_config_lang form, application variable and necessary code changes elsewhere.


2. DEFAULT COUNTRY TRANSLATED: Needed to show the default country in default language. Needs CONFIG_NEW database definition, option in admin_config_lang form, application variable and necessary code changes elsewhere


3. USER PREFERRED LOCALE: To be used if cookie is not available and to be used as default language in automated messages such as subscriptions. Needs Member database field definition, option in member profile form, application variable and necessary code changes elsewhere. Al code except actual e-mail sending is ready. E-mail related stuff needs a lot of careful revise.

1. SEPARATE BADWORDS FLAG: Sets if badwords are kept separate for each language or not.


2. SEPARATE BADNAMES FLAG: Sets if bad user names are kept separate for each language or not.


3. SEPARATE FORUM TITLE: If the forum title is to be shown different for different locales. Coding Finished


4. SEPARATE FORUM LOGO: If the forum title is to be shown different for different locales. Important if they have textual data in them. Coding Finished


5. SEPARATE FORUM COPYRIGHT: If the forum copyright is to be shown different for different locales. Important if they have textual data in them. Coding Finished


6. SEPARATE MEMBER RANK NAMES: If used, they will be shown different for different locales. Important if they have language specific data in them. See also BADNAMES above.


7. CONTROL FOR EXTENDED DATE-TIME-NUMBER FORMAT (default is no extended format): Either server formatted (default) or program formatted. Saves processing time if not needed.DATE-TIME FORMAT Coding Finished


8. CONTROL FOR JS FOR EXTENDED DATE-TIME-NUMBER FORMAT (default is use server): Either ASP (default) or JS is used to do extended formatting. If JS is used, saves server processing time.DATE-TIME FORMAT Coding Finished

1. DISABLE SELECTOR: Enabling the language selector only in some of the pages. In some pages it causes loss of entered data (e.g. in form filling). It is also automatically enabled/disabled depending on number of locales installed.Coding Finished


2. Tweak to correct the version information on powered by link (for alpha & beta versions only)I'm not sure on tweak or real set-up in v4b04...


3. JS support for date-timeCoding Finished


4. FORCED LOCALE: Needed especially in admin_config_lang part for options to be shown correctly. Can be implemented as a parameter in querystring. Config.asp must take care of the rest.Coding Finished


5. A library related to date-time issues: Currently supports ASP server format based, ASP server independent, JS server independent. Uses date or forum date format.
   Change admin/date-time configuration to fit


6. <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=" & strLangCharset & ">
   implementation in related filesCoding Finished


7. Encoding support for all e-mail components. Some have problems !!! How to test them? It must be tested for all components and for all supportted locales...


8. Added check for consistency between INCLUDEs and LCID record setup. Coding Finished


9. Enhanced Locale selection logic by adding "remote/browser method". It checks exact lcid value, if it fails, checks the language group (e.g. en-gb will map to en-us) This is the current logic with precedence (1=highest):
   1 - forced (querystring, ?lcid=NNNN)
   2 - preferred (cookie, visited the forum before)
   3 - remote (browser language selection, first visit or deleted cookies)
   4 - default (failed all above methods)
   X - user preferred (from member database, this is not used to save processing time)
   . Coding Finished

1. ? CONST or DIM'med variable? Done! Results: Const perform much better but you will either use a single language or you use IIS 5.x's server execute instead of INCLUDE language files(server execute failed because of page level variable scope). This is because it is illegal to have same constant redefined & they are processed in pre-compilation time - so we cannot use if-then-else.
   So we can only use Const in a single language use!
   


2. ? Examine JS support for langpacks: Done! Works nice, thus uses processing capacity of the client. Needs performance testing...


3. ? Examine utf-8 string issues. Issues related to show multilanguage data on one page: utf-8 will be used (not sure on this, requirement for some languages), need for warning on edits, also Translators must check the results. Needs testing...
   


4. ? State field to be configurable (canton, etc)


5. ? Session.LCID in config.asp: Seems that can solve some issues so that extended JS/ASP based date-time-number formatting is not needed. It is only for newer Windows Servers (IIS 5.x and IIS4 with all locales added). Seems we cannot use it as default (would be nice).


6. ? Online version compatibility control for LangPacks: To be implemented like syndication MOD?


7. ? Automatic browser locale detection Tested, works fine for first visitors. Coding done


8. ? Multiple html-encoding support for a locale (language): There are multiple encodings for a single language, some need utf-8 to operate correctly !? Not decided yet...

1. Basic CSS conversion


2. Scan the code for putting more <LABEL> tags


3. Other accessibility related improvements


4. Time Zone MOD


5. Make country list ISO 3166 compatible and write necessary upgrade subroutines


6. <INPUT> to <INPUT /> conversion

1. Help calls & help files. Completed


2. Two & Three radio buttons (On/Off options) Completed


3. Use of some additional global variables which are re-calculated at different places currentlycan be considered Completed


4. New inc_func_common functions


5. New inc_func_admin functionscan be considered Completed

1. New Global Variable: strScriptName (=Request.ServerVariables("script_name"), like "/forum/default.asp")


2. New Global Variable: strScriptFileName (=file name part in strScriptName, like "default.asp")


3. All code scanned to make use of the above two variables


4. Changed Function GetNewTitle(), it does not use any parameter now.


5. New Sub chkAdminOrRedirect(): In inc_func_admin, it replaces admin approval/redirection in admin pages.


6. New Function getCurrentBiDiIcon(fIconName,fAltText,fOtherTags): Replaces some getCurrentIcon calls for the sake of mirroring awareness required by Arabic & Hebrew. Also added a line of mirrored icons.


7. More Mirroring related: Elements using align="left" and align="right" properties are converted to use global variables strLangAlignLeft & strLangAlignRight. The value is decided by LTR/RTL value of the selected locale. Some major elements in the code is added the ... dir=""" & strLangDirection & """... property (<HTML>, top level <TABLE>, top level <p>) (This must be added as a requirement for v4 compatible MODs)


8. Changed pop_DatePicker.asp form functionality to automatically post it onchange of month/year selectors (to prevent many 13 years old members:). It is also taking the FirstDayOfWeek of the current locale selection into account.


9. New Field *_MEMBERS.M_LCIDPREFERENCE CHAR(5) added to record members language preference. Nulls allowed to indicate "use default language".


10. New setting for JS pop-up functions openWindow*, their sizes are customizable now. I used VBS variables, no need to use application object...


11. Added versioning comment into each asp/js file


12. Added dynamic debug control


13. New Function Output_DateTime (...): to standardize date-time output, replacing most of the chkDate calls. This function is capable of outputting in any format on any server, depending on chosen locale (different delimitors and correct Month, DOW long and abbr. names).


14. New Function Output_Number (...): to standardize number output. This function is capable of outputting in any format on any server, depending on chosen locale (different delimitors, also "12,34,567.89"-Indian format)


15. Removed strIconPhotoNone from inc_iconfiles.asp as it is localizable. didn't define a new function, it was not necessary.


16. Updated the Country List to fit ISO 3166-1, implemented necessary routines to upgrade the existing member data


17. Revised pop_config_help.asp by incorporating a sub, size dropped from 998 lines/82.3KB to 486 lines/37.7KB


18. Created new tool "testserverlcid.asp" for checking server LCID support (i.e. which locales are installed on the server)


19. New functions/subs created in admin area:
    in inc_func_admin.asp
    sub PutHelpLink(strHelpItem)
    sub PutRadioButtons (strOption, strOptionName, strTexts, strValues, strDefaultIfNotSet)
    sub PutOnOffRadioButtons (strOption, strOptionName, strDefaultIfNotSet)
    sub PutOnOffRadioTableRow (strOption, strOptionName, strDefaultIfNotSet, strLabelText, strHelpItem)
    
    in admin_config_colors.asp
    Sub PutFontSizeSelectorRow(strOption, strOptionName, strLabelText, strHelpItem)
    Sub PutDecorationSelectorRow(strOption, strOptionName, strLabelText, strHelpItem)
    
    Use of these simplified the layout, cut the file size a lot, also improved readability and upgradeability.
    


20. Added Hidden and Required field definition capability to profiles. Hidden (admin & owner access only) fields use the same application variable with value "2", One new application variable "strProfileCompulsory" is defined and keeps base 2 encoded status of required fields.


21. Added basic CSS stuff. Nineteen new inline style definitions created, most variable <font> tags converted to <font class="xxx"> style. Added 10 form element related definitions and made necessary changes in form element tags. Introduced inc_css.asp file to be included in header files.


22. All <INPUT> tags are converted to <INPUT /> style