Usage hints

Usage hints provide several text definitions for supporting the user running an application.

In order to provide multilingual applications, the label text (here Password) may be defined in different languages by changing the language selection (Language). The language for text to be displayed for an application is set in the DSC_Language option. Thus, the application language should be set before starting the application or when starting up (e.g. in the login dialog).

By default, the documentation language is selected. One may, however, also change the language by selecting another one and entering the text in another language, too.

Tool tips are usually shown, when moving the mouse over the control. The tool tip text may be language dependent. Providing tool tips for different languages allows supporting multilingual applications.

Usage hints are displayed for the selected control together with content explanations when pressing Shift-F1 or calling the Help default action. Usage hints may be language dependent. Providing usage hints for different languages allows supporting multilingual applications.