wow, quiet in here.
if there's anyone still around in this tribe, i wanted to chew the fat with y'all about error message management, and how it's usually done, because i am new to this. i've searched google a bit and found lots of resources geared toward developers, but nothing really geared toward writers. is there anything like, say, robohelp, but for error messages instead of help files? or is this something that's usually kept with code, say, in resource files?
thanks.
if there's anyone still around in this tribe, i wanted to chew the fat with y'all about error message management, and how it's usually done, because i am new to this. i've searched google a bit and found lots of resources geared toward developers, but nothing really geared toward writers. is there anything like, say, robohelp, but for error messages instead of help files? or is this something that's usually kept with code, say, in resource files?
thanks.
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Re: error message management? (anyone here?)
Wed, July 28, 2004 - 10:23 AMWhat are you trying to do?
AFAIK, there isn't really a writer-specific tool for EM management, as EMs are either wrtten in the code (old way, a real pain to maintain), or are stored externally in a resource (usually a DLL). This is generally preferrable (although it means more files to manage, as it makes localization and maintainance easier (you don't have to recompile everything to fix a typo.)
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Re: error message management? (anyone here?)
Thu, July 29, 2004 - 8:29 PM> What are you trying to do?
oh, a PM just bounced it off me in a conversation on my second day at my new job. he wasn't sure how error messages are usually managed for editing by a writing team, and wanted to know. he specifically wondered if there was a tool expressly for it. i didn't know, and after a few fruitless searches, this seemed like a good place to ask.
> are stored externally in a resource (usually a DLL). This is
> generally preferrable (although it means more files to
> manage, as it makes localization and maintainance easier
> (you don't have to recompile everything to fix a typo.)
*nod* this is the conclusion i came to after an hour of googling.
thanks!
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