How to localize

ArthaChitra lets you to build your own language resource files so that you can customize ArthaChitra in your preferred language. There are 2 (two) ways to creating a resource file via ArthaChitra.

Using Resx View

• In ArthaChitra Main View menu bar goto Settings > Add Resource
• In the Add Resx View append the necessary values in your preferred language.
• Select the culture from the drop down menu.
• Click Ok

Importing Resx file

One can also edit the default resx file (say in Visual Studio) and then import it to ArthaChitra

• Download this zip file from here and extract the Resources.resx file
• Open the file in say, Visual Studios and edit the fields in your preferred language
• Save the file with the proper culture name e.g. Resources.bn-IN.resx

Once edited, you can import the resx file by following the below steps:

• In ArthaChitra Main View menu bar goto Settings > Add Resx
• In the select file dialog select the Resx file you want to import
• Click on Open.

The resource file will be saved in the folder <My Documents >/ArthaChitra 2/Localization/

.The resource file (Resx file) must start with 'Resources' followed by the 'Culture Name'.The resource file will be saved by ArthaChitra as Resources.<culture name>.resources for example Resources.bn-IN.resources (where bn-IN is the culture name).