Globalization implementation in Asp.net

Globalization

Globalization is the process of developing an application that functions for multiple cultures.

In web.config file,

<globalization fileEncoding="utf-8" 
requestEncoding="utf-8" 
responseEncoding="utf-8" 
culture="en-US" 
uiCulture="fr-FR"/>

In Code Behind page,

Add 2 namespaces,
1.System.Treading and
2.System.Globalization.

Then Add the below code,
First select the culture value and store that value in a string named strCulture,

CultureInfo objCI = new CultureInfo(strCulture);
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = objCI;
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = objCI;

In Code Inline page,

<%@ Page UICulture="fr" Culture="en-US" ....%>

Asp.net wont automatically translate the contents in one language to another language by using culture. So we should create a resource file and add all the strings into the resource file as key, value pairs, we need to display in our application. Also we need to translate the string into different languages.

Resource Files

Resource files are the files with resx extension. Resource file storing strings in a key, value pair manner like hashtable. For each language we need to use in our application have different resource files we are using. In each resource file the key name is same but the value is changing. We are using one common resource file, in the common file usually we are storing English language.

Steps to create resource file,

1.In Solution Explorer right click on Project---->Add--->Add ASP.NET Folder--->App_GlobalResources.
One folder will appear on our solution explorer named App_GlobalResources.





















2. Right click on App_GlobalResources folder--->Add--->New Item--->Resource File.
Name the file as My_Resources.fr-FR.resx for French, My_Resources.en_US for English etc.

Example for Resource file,

Code for accessing resource file values 

Code Behind    

string strCulture = ddlLanguage.SelectedValue.ToString();
Session["SelectCulture"] = strCulture;
CultureInfo objCI = new CultureInfo(strCulture);
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = objCI;
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = objCI;
lblHeading.Text = Resources.My_Resource.DatabaseAdministration;
lblIntro.Text = Resources.My_Resource.Introduction;
lblHead.Text = Resources.My_Resource.PlsLogin;

Conclusion

This will output content based on the language selected. Globalization is useful for multiple language presentation in web sites

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