Simpliest way to do a Multiculture Application ?

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Hi,

I've read a lot of articles and tried many ways to do a multi-language application (Globalization, ResourceManager, and so on ...). i've tried a lot of examples given, but which doesn't work at all !

What's the simpliest way to do an application, where the user can change the choosen language of a form display to French, English, ..., for example through a combobox ?

An example will be appreciated.
I'm programming in Visual basic 2010.

Thanks

Posted 15-Dec-11 19:59pm

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thatraja · Answer 1 · 2011-12-15T20:13:00

Solution 1

Its a different way(check the below series)

Creating multilingual websites - Part 1[^]
Creating multilingual websites - Part 2[^]
Creating Multilingual websites - Part 3[^]

I tried this (English & Arabic) for a project, very nice.

EDIT

Globalizing and Localizing Applications[^]
Walkthrough: Localizing Windows Forms[^]
How to Localize Windows Forms and Change the Language at Runtime[^]
Localize Your .NET Windows Forms Apps[^]
Localize Your .NET Windows Forms Apps[^]

Posted 15-Dec-11 20:13pm

thatraja

Updated 15-Dec-11 20:50pm

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contact97438 16-Dec-11 2:35am

The samples date are from 2004. I'm using VS 2010, conversion doesn't work when opening the samples. My application is a Windows Application, not Web.

thatraja 16-Dec-11 2:51am

Check my updated answer

RaviRanjanKr 16-Dec-11 3:12am

My 5+

Abhinav S · Answer 2 · 2011-12-15T20:17:00

Solution 2

In my experience, having a resource file that contains all the translations strings, downloading this to the client and then mapping UI text to the translations using the key is the easiest approach. In this case, .Net takes care of most of the work for you.

Here[^] is a simple example.

Posted 15-Dec-11 20:17pm

Abhinav S

Updated 15-Dec-11 20:18pm

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contact97438 16-Dec-11 2:36am

Yes, i've seen that. But my application is in Visual Basic 2010, not ASP ;
Windows application, not web ;

Abhinav S 16-Dec-11 2:52am

You can use a similar approach in Windos Forms as well.