Use of Globalization Culture ,CultureInfo and CultureTypes

Use of Globalization Culture ,CultureInfo and CultureTypes

Globalization is the process of designing and developing applications that function for multiple cultures.
CultureInfo :
Provides information about a specific culture (called a "locale" for unmanaged code development).
The information includes the names for the culture, the writing system, the calendar used, and formatting for dates and sort strings.

CultureTypes :
Defines the types of culture lists that can be retrieved using System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultures(System.Globalization.CultureTypes).

Use the Following code in aspx (design page).

Controls Used : Calender, Label and List box (AutoPostback=true).

Code Behind :

Partial Class frmGlobalizationCulture
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

        Try
            If Not IsPostBack Then

                Server.Transfer("MultipleEmailValidations.aspx", True)

                'Bind all the Cultures in List box on First time page load.
                lstCulture.Items.Clear()
                Dim CulInfo As System.Globalization.CultureInfo()
                CulInfo = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultures(Globalization.CultureTypes.SpecificCultures)

                Dim StrShort As New SortedList 'Used for the Sorting the Values in ListBox
                For j As Integer = 0 To CulInfo.Length - 1
                    StrShort.Add(CulInfo(j).DisplayName, CulInfo(j).ToString)
                Next

                'Bind all the "SpecificCultures" in the List Box.
                lstCulture.DataSource = StrShort
                lstCulture.DataTextField = "key"
                lstCulture.DataValueField = "value"
                lstCulture.DataBind()

                'Select the "CurrentCulture" in the List Box.
                lstCulture.SelectedValue = System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.ToString()

            End If

        Catch ex As Exception
            Throw ex
        End Try
    End Sub

    Protected Sub lstCulture_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles lstCulture.SelectedIndexChanged

        Try

            'Set the Selected Culture in the ListBox as the CurrentCulture.
            System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo(Me.lstCulture.SelectedValue)
            System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo(Me.lstCulture.SelectedValue)

            lstCulture.Focus()

        Catch ex As Exception
            Throw ex
        End Try

    End Sub

End Class