dolores.eccles@Ireland 2000-03-14

In the java files 'LauncherResources.java' and 'SolarisInstallResources.java' the presence of a ' character with a {0} placeholder following it (or even
in the same message) causes the string printed on screen to be unpredictable
when the file is localised.

The ' appears to escape the string which causes the {0} to appear literally
on screen. Our fix for the problem involves tweaking the ' in these
strings (to either '' or \'), testing the install program and going back and making more tweaks if necessary. This is very time consuming.

Usually adding a ' fixs problems (ie ' -> '') but this did not always work (especially where there was more than one word with a ' and this is
often the case for French and Italian files.

Because of this problem the ELC had two P1 bugs opened during
Solaris 8 FCS. Please see bugid 4302549 it documents in great
depth the extent of this problem. So that future problems of this
nature can be avoided we need :-

1. Clear and consistent guidelines for our vendors to explain
   how this type of string should be handled and/or
2. A modification to the strings in the java files.