Questions tagged [string-table]
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Where do Java and .NET string literals reside?
A recent question about string literals in .NET caught my eye. I know that string literals are interned so that different strings with the same value refer to the same object. I also know that a string can be interned at runtime:
string now =…
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String table in ELF
I get some symbol and I get (a hexdump of) an ELF file. How can I know in which section this symbol appears?
What is the difference between .strtab and .shstrtab? Is there another array of symbol strings?
When I get an index for the symbol names…
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Static string literal table?
What is the correct way in C++ to create a global & static table of strings?
By "global", I mean: Useable from any file that includes the header. But not part of some run-time created singelton objcet.
By "static", I mean: As little run time set up…
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VC++ 10 MFC: What is the correct way to do localization
I am a .NET guy who is having to do some work on an MFC app. The app is a VS2008 MFC executable which I have converted to VS2010. The original developers did localisation by specifying the name of a .txt file with key value pairs in it on the…
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printf() debugging library using string table "decoder ring"
I'm writing to see if any of you have ever seen or heard of an implementation of the idea I'm about to describe.
I'm interested in developing a printf-style debugging library for an embedded target. The target is extremely remote, and the comms…
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Distinguish .shstrtab and .strtab in ELF file
I'm wondering how a .shstrtab is identified compared to a .strtab when parsing an ELF file? From reading elf(5) - Linux manual page both are of section header type SHT_STRTAB, so how would I know if the one I encounter is one or the other?
Their…
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MFC - Manually expand stringtable
Can anyone provide an explanation or a link that explains how exactly a STRINGTABLE in a MFC resource file is defined and can be manually expanded?
I tried to do it, but failed to do so in a multi project solution. Most projects in said solution…
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Any Working code for cross platform message catalog without having to duplicate the message strings?
On linux, gencat works beautifully with .msg file with gencat, catopen, catgets and catclose
On Windows, mc or rc file's stringtable works beautifully with LoadString.
Just wondering if there is any working implementation of gencat on windows. I…
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Can I bind my HTML elements' text to an object of strings?
I'm making a web application using jQuery. All the elements of the web applications are created using jQuery (var $header = $("
");). I already have an object called stringtables where I have sub-objects called "no", "en" etc.
On page load the…
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Numbering of the entries in the STRINGTABLE of an .exe
In Delphi, the entries in the STRINGTABLE resource in the .exe file are created automatically. The numbering (resource-id) of the entries is managed by Delphi itself, and this cannot be changed.
Is there a possibility to influence this numbering in…
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Determine which STRINGTABLE is included in EXE
My Delphi application uses the Microsoft Resource Compiler (rc.exe) to compile a list of strings (text format in a .rc file) like this:
Language LANG_KOREAN, SUBLANG_KOREAN
STRINGTABLE
BEGIN
cszLanguageName "Korean"
END
into a .res…
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c++ visual studio resources
I am trying to implement a String Table in resource file .rc and then load specific string using function CString::LoadStringW().
This is the code main.cpp:
#ifndef _AFXDLL
#define _AFXDLL
#endif
#include
#include
#include…
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Designators in c89
C99 allows array initializers (among others) to specify which element of the array is being set with a positive integer designator ($6.7.8.6, $6.7.8.17), for example like so:
const char *foo[] = {[2] = "foo", [1] = "bar", [0] = "baz"};
I have…
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How to create a string table
Strangely there's almost no online documentation on this subject. I have an application with hard coded strings for the UI and various other things scattered through the source. I'm attempting to round up at least some of them because a number of…
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Searching .init section in ELF file
How can I find section .init?
Section header has field Elf32_Word sh_name. So I suppose I have to go through all sections to find one with name .init But sh_name is not an array of chars. It is an index of entry in String Table.
Where is String…
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