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Declarative ASP.NET globalization

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An article on how to implement globalization support for ASP.NET pages through attributes and reflection
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        <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
            <xsd:complexType>
                <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
                    <xsd:element name="data">
                        <xsd:complexType>
                            <xsd:sequence>
                                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
                                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
                            </xsd:sequence>
                            <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
                            <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
                            <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
                        </xsd:complexType>
                    </xsd:element>
                    <xsd:element name="resheader">
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                            <xsd:sequence>
                                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
                            </xsd:sequence>
                            <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
                        </xsd:complexType>
                    </xsd:element>
                </xsd:choice>
            </xsd:complexType>
        </xsd:element>
    </xsd:schema>
    <resheader name="ResMimeType">
        <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
    </resheader>
    <resheader name="Version">
        <value>1.0.0.0</value>
    </resheader>
    <resheader name="Reader">
        <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=1.0.3102.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
    </resheader>
    <resheader name="Writer">
        <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=1.0.3102.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
    </resheader>
    <data name="lblCopyright">
        <value>Planering och programmering av Sami Vaaraniemi</value>
    </data>
    <data name="hypContact">
        <value>Skicka e-post</value>
    </data>
    <data name="lblContent">
        <value>Det har är innehållet på sidan.</value>
    </data>
    <data name="btnEnglish">
        <value>Engelska</value>
    </data>
    <data name="btnFinnish">
        <value>Finska</value>
    </data>
    <data name="btnFrench">
        <value>Franska</value>
    </data>
    <data name="btnSwedish">
        <value>Svenska</value>
    </data>
    <data name="lblCurrentCulturePrompt">
        <value>System språket:</value>
    </data>
    <data name="lblCurrentUICulturePrompt">
        <value>Språket på användargränssnitt:</value>
    </data>
    <data name="lblWelcome">
        <value>Welkommen till globalisation demonstration!</value>
    </data>
    <data name="lblDatePrompt">
        <value>Klockan på servern är nu:</value>
    </data>
    <data name="Menu1.DataList1.Home">
        <value>Hem</value>
    </data>
    <data name="Menu1.DataList1.News">
        <value>Nyheter</value>
    </data>
    <data name="Menu1.DataList1.Articles">
        <value>Artiklar</value>
    </data>
    <data name="Menu1.DataList1.About">
        <value>Om Oss</value>
    </data>
    <data name="FlagImage">
        <value>flags/Sweden.gif</value>
    </data>
    <data name="lblCookie">
        <value>Webplatsen sparar språkvalet i en cookie.</value>
    </data>
    <data name="DataGridCssClass">
        <value>testclassse</value>
    </data>
</root>

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Sami Vaaraniemi has been working as a software developer since 1990, primarily on Microsoft technologies. After 12 years of Win32 API and C++ he switched to .NET. He currently works as an independent consultant and can be contacted through his website at www.capehill.net.

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