Predefined application strings

In some situations, the runtime system needs to display text to the user. For example, the runtime system library includes a report viewer, which displays a form. By default the text is in English, and you may need to localize the text in another language. So the strings of this component must be 'localizable', as in other application strings.

To customize the built-in strings, the runtime system uses the mechanism of localized strings.

All strings used by the runtime system are centralized in a unique file:

$FGLDIR/src/default.str

which is compiled into:

$FGLDIR/lib/default.42s

This file is always loaded by the runtime system.

To overwrite the defaults, you can redefine these strings in your own localized string files.