Switching global Culture

Question

User1464674564 posted

Hi All,

I have a very simple bilingual site with a link at the bottom that will allow users to switch between the two languages (english/french). the the web.config I have the following line:

<globalization culture="auto" uiCulture="auto" />

This allows for whatever the users browser culture is to be the default lanauge but I'd still like the ablility for them to click a bottom button to toggle. whats the best what to go about doing this?

Answer 1

User-1734649046 posted

Hi,

Please refer following

http://forums.asp.net/t/1386859.aspx

hope this helps

Answer 2

User-242433875 posted

To implement this functionality, you need to override InitializeCulture() method which is best place to specify culture related settings. In this method, you can check which option is selected by user and set the culture accordingly.

Here is the code that you need. In the sample code below, the page's culture is set to English-UK.

    Protected Overrides Sub InitializeCulture()
        MyBase.InitializeCulture()
        System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-GB")
        System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New CultureInfo("en-GB")
    End Sub

Answer 3

User1464674564 posted

Isn't initializeCulture part of the Page base class? how is this done in MVC?

Answer 4

User-242433875 posted

I have no clue on how to implement it in MVC, I don't work on it.

Probably, you may refer some MVC forums to find its equivalent or its another better suited MVC implementation.

Answer 5

User-1734649046 posted

Hi,

Please refer following

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/760258/how-to-globalize-asp-net-mvc-views-decimal-separators-in-particular

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/852585/asp-net-mvc-why-doesnt-my-view-inherits-properly-from-system-web-mvc-viewpage

hope this helps