Translating Controls

The amount of space that is available for the translation is measured either in characters or pixels, depending on the type of control that is chosen. This table contains the nine types of controls that are available and whether the control uses a pixel- or character-based measurement:

Control

Space Measurement

Push Button

Pixel-based

Check Box

Pixel-based

Radio Button

Pixel-based

Static Text

Pixel-based

Group Box

Pixel-based

Hyper Button

Character-based

Bitmap

Character-based

Text Variable

Character-based

Form and Grid Controls

Pixel-based