Strange Issue with localization

Question

User-1696118602 posted

Hey all,

I'm having a strange isssue with localization.  I have a website that is going to be in English and French.  I have my resource files set up and everything works when i set my browser to French or English.  However I do have a DDL on the main page where the user can select the language the want to use for the site.  This gets stored in the session.  The issue with going this route is that even though the've selected French only some of the content is appearing in French.  I'm not sure why it works when the browser default is French and it doesn't work when they use the DDL to select French.  Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

User1519636740 posted

hello

refer: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c6zyy3s9.aspx

Answer 2

User-1696118602 posted

Thanks but this doesn't help my issue.

Answer 3

User-1696118602 posted

Some further explanation may help.

Scenario 1

Users browser settings are set to french

Results in:

 

Scenario 2

User selects Language from DropDown

Results in:

 

Source Code:

Page with DDL

    Protected Sub ddlLanguage_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ddlLanguage.SelectedIndexChanged
        If Page.IsPostBack Then
            'if the session differs from the value in the ddl, the session-object is changed and the cookie is created
            If Not Session("MyCulture") = ddlLanguage.SelectedValue Then
                'Set the new culture
                Session("MyCulture") = ddlLanguage.SelectedValue
            End If

            'Reload the page so that the content refreshes.
            Response.Redirect(Request.Url.ToString)
        End If
    End Sub

    Protected Sub SaveLanguageCheckbox_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles SaveLanguageCheckbox.CheckedChanged
        If Page.IsPostBack Then
            Dim aCookie As New HttpCookie("Settings")
            If SaveLanguageCheckbox.Checked Then
                aCookie.Values("languagePref") = Session("MyCulture")
                aCookie.Values("savePref") = SaveLanguageCheckbox.Checked
                aCookie.Expires = System.DateTime.Now.AddDays(365)
                Response.Cookies.Add(aCookie)
            Else
                aCookie = New HttpCookie("Settings")
                aCookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1D)
                Response.Cookies.Add(aCookie)
            End If
            Response.Redirect(Request.Url.ToString)
        End If
    End Sub

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
            'Check to see if we have a cookie
            If Not Request.Cookies("Settings") Is Nothing Then
                Try
                    'If a cookie exists, set the session-object with the data from the cookie.
                    Session("MyCulture") = Server.HtmlEncode(Request.Cookies("Settings")("languagePref"))
                    SaveLanguageCheckbox.Checked = CBool(Server.HtmlEncode(Request.Cookies("Settings")("savePref")))
                Catch ex As Exception
                End Try
            End If

            If Not Session("MyCulture") Is Nothing Then
                'Set the Language dropdown to the perfered language
                ddlLanguage.SelectedValue = Session("MyCulture")
            End If

        End If
    End Sub

 

 

Base Page inerhited by all pages

        Protected Overrides Sub InitializeCulture()

            'retrieve culture information from session
            Dim SelectedCulture As String = Convert.ToString(Session("MyCulture"))

            'check whether a culture is stored in the session
            If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(SelectedCulture) Then
                Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(SelectedCulture)
                Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New CultureInfo(SelectedCulture)
            End If

            MyBase.InitializeCulture()
        End Sub

Hope this helps.