On the configuration screen that lets you choose your screen res and graphics quality, etc, there are two buttons at the bottom: “Quit” and “Play!”.
Is there any way to change the text on the Play! button? The program I am working on is not a game as such, and the client finds that it looks somewhat unprofessional. Is there any way to change it to say Start or something?
Not an answer to your question, but a comment. If it were changed to “Continue” it work work not just for non-games but also for a lot more games that don’t go directly into the game. I would imagine that’s most games, actually.
You should also specify whether your standalones are Windows or Mac (or both). If I recall correctly, this topic came up a year or so ago and the answer was that it would require hacking the built resources (again if memory serves me correctly).
Sorry. I would prefer to gave a cross-plat solution for the standalones, though being able to fix it on either individual platform would be a step in the right direction. I did a search of the forum and did not find this previous thread. I’ll look again.
On the Mac, go to YourApp.app/Contents/Resources/ScreenSelector.nib/keyedobjects.nib. You can open that in Interface Builder and change it. It’s an XML file, so you can also just edit it directly. On Windows, no idea…might have to resort to using a hex editor.
–Eric
Thanks, Eric5h5. I found that you can indeed change it on PC using the free resource hacker
http://angusj.com/resourcehacker/
Just open the exe in reshacker and go to View, Find Text…
Then search for “Play!”. It will find the right place and let you change it to whatever you want.
And how can i change this in the mac version of an app from windows?
I have windows but i don’t have any mac in my studio, however i neet to compile mac versions, i have a frind that check if the mac version is working but how can i change this in the mac version from a windows pc?
Cheers.
Eric5h5’s instructions will work just fine if you are on a PC and need to edit the Mac standalone. Since the Mac bundle is, in fact, a folder, you can navigate through the folder structure as his post describes, and edit the keyedobjects.nib in any text editor (e.g. Notepad). Search for “Play!” and change it to whatever you want.
As Eric5h5 said, edit YourApp.app/Contents/Resources/ScreenSelector.nib/keyedobjects.nib. You wont have Interface Builder for graphical editing on windows, but since it’s an xml file, you can just open it in any text editor.
Thanks 
I’ll try.
Cheers.