Use the Menu Editor to localise menus and test the finished menu for various localization errors. For Microsoft Desktop applications, the Menu Editor recognises the relationship between long and short prompt strings and these are displayed alongside each other to provide a higher degree of context.

The Menu Simulator can be used to provide a visual reference point for each menu structure and can be used to locate and find menu text quickly.

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Working with MFC Style Menus

Microsoft Foundation Class menus have a standard format that maintains a programmatic relationship between a menu item, tool tip, accelerator and long prompt text. Alchemy CATALYST understands this relationship and can display these items together in the Menu Editor.

In the Project Navigator, select the application and using the second mouse button set the Treat as MFC Resource property.

Working with .NET Style Menus

Microsoft .NET applications do not contain any relationship information about menu items, therefore it is not possible to organize them into hierarchical lists without access to the original developers’ source code.