Is there a way to edit some of your ‘error messages’ as I didn’t see many of them in the localization .sil file. For example; I wish to edit out the ‘contact the author’, etc when the error is a simple “Excel not locally-installed” 365 issue etc.
I’de like to change the error message text to instruct the user to check their default version of Excel to be locally-installed, etc. instead of contacting me (the author) to do it.
Thanks!
To modify error messages in XLS Padlock, including customizing instructions like “contact the author” to better fit your scenario, you can use the localization files (.sil format) provided by our Excel compiler software. Here’s how you can proceed:
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Locate the Localization File:
- By default, XLS Padlock uses the
English.silfile located in the installation folder.
- By default, XLS Padlock uses the
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Edit the Localization File:
- Open the
.silfile with a text editor (e.g., Notepad++). Ensure the editor supports UTF-8 encoding. - Look for the specific error messages you want to change. For example, you can search for the text “contact the author” or similar phrasing.
- Open the
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Save Changes to a New File:
- After making the necessary changes, save the modified file with a new name to avoid overwriting the original. Specify the path to this new file in the XLS Padlock configuration (Localization tab).
Hope this helps!
Thank you…Yes I’ve already tried that and didn’t find that particular error message to edit in the .sil file (which is why I emailed).
Is there another place I that I can edit it?
Thanks, Barry