ctr_TitleChecker

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Notes
  3. Conditions for Use
  4. Display Screen Overview
  5. Copying and Pasting From Excel
  6. Writing to a BSF File
  7. Revision History

Introduction

ctr_TitleChecker is a tool that can be used to validate application title names on Windows. The tool provides an easy way to check whether title names fit within the character-count restrictions and do not use any unusable characters.

Note: Currently, the tool is only enabled to check the restriction on character width. The check for unusable characters has not been implemented.

Notes

Although ctr_TitleChecker provides an easy way to check whether a title name fits in the standard width, the tool does not guarantee that the name will be displayed properly. Ultimately you will need to confirm the display of the title name on the actual hardware.

Conditions for Use

What Is Required

No particular software is required, provided that you are using Windows XP or a later version of Windows.

Display Screen Overview

When you launch ctr_TitleChecker.exe the following dialog box displays:

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  1. Opens a BSF file. Currently, the tool only supports loading Region, ShortName (1-line title), LongName (2-line title), and Publisher.
  2. Saves data to a BSF file. Currently, the tool only supports saving Region, ShortName (1-line title), LongName (2-line title), and Publisher.
  3. Imports Excel data from the clipboard. For details, see Copy and Paste From Excel.
  4. Exports Excel data to the clipboard. For details, see Copy and Paste From Excel.
  5. Tabs for switching entry forms. Click a tab to make it the active tab.
  6. The region setting. This determines which languages are required to be entered. The required languages for entries are shown in red. All tabs share this settings item.
  7. The entry form. The name length is displayed as you enter text in the text boxes. Items that are too long are displayed in red.

Copying and Pasting From Excel

Excel data can be copied and pasted, providing an easy way to import and export data.

Excel Input Format

Create an entry spreadsheet having 12 rows and 5 columns.

From left to right, the columns should contain the following information: Language, LongName 1st Line, LongName 2nd Line, ShortName, and Publisher. Formatting (such as Mincho or Gothic, bold face, and italics) is ignored. Line feeds are not allowed inside cells.

Rows are output in this order: Japanese, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean and Traditional Chinese. As long as the language codes are correct, entries can be made in any order. Rows that do not contain a language code are ignored.

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Copying from Excel to ctr_TitleChecker.exe (Importing)

Select the region of 12 rows by 5 columns in the Excel spreadsheet and copy it to the clipboard.
Click the tool's Paste into Forms button to complete the import.

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Copying from the ctr_TitleChecker to Excel (Exporting)

Click the tool's Copy to Clipboard button.
Next, select the upper-left part of the region in Excel where you want to export the data and paste it there.

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Writing to a BSF File

Select Save from the menu to write the data in the BSF file format for the creation of icon data.
Note that this step alone does not create a finished BSF file. You still need to do further processing. For details, see the makebanner help.

Revision History

2013/06/06
Modified the method to determine the name length of LongName.
Fixed a bug where the name length check did not work properly in the China and Taiwan regions.
Updated some text in the description.
2012/04/24
Updated images.
2011/12/22
Initial version.

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