Setting Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture in CodeBehind works not for ASP.Net Controls

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User678367958 posted

Hi,

i am trying to build a multilanguage website. Therefore i have created a default.aspx page with tweo resource files. One default file and one for localizing in German.

When i now do the following:

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        Dim ci As New CultureInfo("de")
        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = ci

        Page.Response.Write(Resources.ApplicationStrings.String1)
    End Sub

i get my German String correctly displayed on the page. But when i now put a ASP.Net Control on my Page like

<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="<%$ Resources:ApplicationStrings, String1 %>"></asp:Label>

it shows me the String from the default Resource File (in english). But it should display it in german cause i already set the Thread UICulture to DE (German) as you can see above.

 

The localization for the ASP.Net Controls seem to work on a different way. Note: I dont want to set the culture and uiculture attributes in the web.config cause i want to enable the user to select the desired language through a DropDown Control.

How could i achive this?

Thank you. Best regards

Yavuz