Definitions
The initial value of the following definitions is read from the external string DLL when the program starts, but the value is not modified when the DLL is changed at runtime.
• string variable
• Arrays of string variable
When a variable needs to be updated, a string literal or constant can be copied to a string variable after changing the external string DLL.
Object Definitions
Text added using the following statements is not automatically changed by use "xsrefresh".
•text and overwrite for dynamically defined textual regions
•insert row for dynamically defined tables
•Any text which would usually be automatically changed, but has been modified by an action statement at run time. For example, the text or title bar of any object which has been modified by the change text statement will not be automatically changed.
This text can be reloaded from information in the program (such as an array of string constants) or from a file or other such source.
Also see What is Not Externalized?
