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Declarative ASP.NET globalization

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16 Apr 2004CPOL8 min read 219.3K   1.7K   93  
An article on how to implement globalization support for ASP.NET pages through attributes and reflection
namespace MyWebApp.Controls
{
	using System;
	using System.Data;
	using System.Drawing;
	using System.Web;
	using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
	using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
    using GlobalizationModule;

	/// <summary>
	///		Summary description for Header.
	/// </summary>
	public abstract class Header : System.Web.UI.UserControl
	{
        protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label lblDateTime;
        [Localize()]
        protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label lblDatePrompt;
        [Localize()]
        protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label lblWelcome;

		private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			// Put user code to initialize the page here
            this.lblDateTime.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString();
		}

		#region Web Form Designer generated code
		override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
		{
			//
			// CODEGEN: This call is required by the ASP.NET Web Form Designer.
			//
			InitializeComponent();
			base.OnInit(e);
		}
		
		///		Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		///		the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
            this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load);

        }
		#endregion
	}
}

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Finland Finland
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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