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<concept id="GUID-9F90A2F0-9C76-4871-A766-D1AE0FC42C08" xml:lang="en"><title>Defining

localizable registration information</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>You need to register your applications

to make them visible to the application menu and to provide other information

to the underlying system. To register, you need to provide a <xref href="GUID-BF1AAA0D-DF2F-4E1D-A0D2-F419BD32F97A.dita">registration

resource file</xref> that contains the non-localized information for your

application. You also need to provide the localizable registration information.

The registration resource file is compiled during the build process and included

in the <parmname>pkg</parmname> file used to make the  file used to make the <parmname>sis</parmname> installation

file.</p>

<p>Localizable registration information is defined in a <parmname>LOCALISABLE_APP_INFO</parmname> resource

statement, which may be in a separate file or in the resource file for the

GUI resources. For a discussion of the available options for where you can

place this resource statement, see <xref href="GUID-3F880EFC-E891-5C71-8360-1BBB54367AFA.dita">Localisable

icon/caption definition files</xref>.</p>

<p>To define the localizable registration information:</p>

<ol>

<li id="GUID-A5E13549-C926-45ED-A081-165742AAF157"><p>Determine

the requirements of your application, including deciding on whether the resource

statement should be in its own file or part of the GUI resource file.</p>

</li>

<li id="GUID-B8106EC5-BDA0-4F59-B943-9B63895347EE"><p>Create a <parmname>LOCALISABLE_APP_INFO</parmname> resource.

The data structure is declared in the <parmname>appinfo.rh</parmname> file

in the <parmname>./epoc32/include</parmname> folder, as is the <parmname>CAPTION_AND_ICON_INFO</parmname> structure

used in the resource. The syntax is as follows:</p>

<itemgroup>

<codeblock id="GUID-4A202ECA-380D-4FE2-AE41-3D1035F3FF7A" xml:space="preserve">RESOURCE  LOCALISABLE_APP_INFO r_name36

    {

	   short_caption = "";

	   CAPTION_AND_ICON_INFO

         {

         caption = "";

         number_of_icons =0;

	   	   icon_file = "";

	       };

	   view_list[]; // VIEW_DATA

	   group_name(KAppMaxGroupName) = "";

	   }</codeblock>

<p>where</p>

<ul>

<li><p><parmname>r_name36</parmname> is the resource name that uniquely

identifies the RESOURCE statement in the application, and is used in the <xref href="GUID-BF1AAA0D-DF2F-4E1D-A0D2-F419BD32F97A.dita">registration resource file</xref>.</p>

</li>

<li><p><parmname>short_caption</parmname> indicates a shortened

version of the caption used by some UIs when screen space is limited.</p>

</li>

<li><p><parmname>caption</parmname> indicates the caption used for

the application on the grid and list menu.</p></li>

<li><p><parmname>number_of_icons</parmname> indicates the number

of icons used for the application in the menu.</p></li>

<li><p><parmname>icon_file</parmname> indicates the name of the

file that contains the icon, including the path but not the drive name.</p>

</li>

</ul>

<p>For information on the other possible values, see <xref href="GUID-3F880EFC-E891-5C71-8360-1BBB54367AFA.dita">Localisable

icon/caption definition files</xref>.</p>

</itemgroup>

</li>

<li id="GUID-1F9CBCC9-B366-43E8-9ADB-E4AB6A255181"><p>Add the resource

name of this resource to the <parmname>localisable_resource_id</parmname> in

the registration resource file.</p></li>

</ol>

<p>For a commented example, see <xref href="GUID-6AD1DA34-EA3D-4EC9-A667-390507B4D6CB.dita">helloworldbasic.rss</xref>.</p>