Windows Forms scan rules

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Use this sheet to set the rules that specify what properties are scanned from the windows form resources. Windows Forms resource files (.resx) contains several kinds of properties. Not all of them should be localized. Soluling's Windows Forms parser scans string typed properties in a different way they other properties. Other than string properties are only scanned if there is a match in the scan rules. String properties are scanned if there is no match in the scan rules. This means that without any rules, all strings are scanned, but no other properties are scanned.

If the list shows the default rules of the application, the list contains the property values that, in most cases, should be localized. You can add new properties if you want to localize other kinds of properties, or your application uses 3rd party controls that use custom properties. If the list shows a project or node-specific rule, the list is by default empty. You can add new rules. Remember that Soluling uses a rule chaining, so if the current node does not contain any matching rule, then Soluling uses the rules of the parent node. The fallback is the default rules of the application.

Button	Description
Add	Add a new rule.
Copy	Add a new rule by copying the selected rule.
Edit	Edit the selected rule.
Remove	Remove the selected rule.
Remove all	Remove all rules.
Import	Import rules from a file and merges them with the current rules.
Export	Export rules to a file.
Move	Move the selected rule into another node.
Show chain	Show the rule chain. Click this to see all the rules that are applied to this node.
Filter	You can enter a filter string to show only specific rules.

Check Show rules of the parent items if you want to show the rules of the parent items too.