RE: different output same hlp

["France Baril" <France -dot- Baril -at- ixiasoft -dot- com>]

Sean asked:

I'm talking about build tags, where you end up creating different HLP
files from the same source files. I'm looking for a single file that can
be distributed to everyone, and will display the appropriate (addional)
topics. ... Is there a way to do this? Is there a way to hide/show
certain topics based on regional settings? I'm thinking no, but I
figured I'd ask.

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Sean, I'll say yes and no. It depends on what tool you are using and
what kind of output you are producing. If you are creating .chm files, I
don't think you can add any type of code to it that will check for the
user settings.

If you are building your own display application, you can use what ever
programming language you are using to detect regional settings and
decide what to show based on that information. 

If you are building an online system, Internet Explorer supports the
property 'navigator.userLanguage', which returns the operating system's
language setting for the user. However, beware that not all users set
their regional settings, so a lot of people end up with English-US
systems although they are not americans.

I hope this helps,

France Baril

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