Vista - force locale that differs from OS current culture

In some scenarios I need to be able run my app in a different culture
than the one currently active in the OS. For example my app has to
display datetime formats, menu/dialogtexts and common dialogs (such as
the save as dialog) in englisch while the current culture of the OS is
set to german.

What are the best practises to solve such a scenario in WPF?

Hi,

Robert Ludig wrote:
> In some scenarios I need to be able run my app in a different culture
> than the one currently active in the OS. For example my app has to
> display datetime formats, menu/dialogtexts and common dialogs (such as
> the save as dialog) in englisch while the current culture of the OS is
> set to german.
>
> What are the best practises to solve such a scenario in WPF?

Just like any other .NET application:

using System.Threading;
using System.Globalization;

//...

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo( "en-US" );
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo( "en-US" );

HTH,
Laurent
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That does not translate the common dialogs.

On 12 Dez., 21:05, Laurent Bugnion <galasoft...@bluewin.ch> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Robert Ludig wrote:
> > In some scenarios I need to be able run my app in a different culture
> > than the one currently active in the OS. For example my app has to
> > display datetime formats, menu/dialogtexts and common dialogs (such as
> > the save as dialog) in englisch while the current culture of the OS is
> > set to german.
>
> > What are the best practises to solve such a scenario in WPF?Just like any other .NET application:
>
> using System.Threading;
> using System.Globalization;
>
> //...
>
> Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo( "en-US" );
> Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo( "en-US" );
>
> HTH,
> Laurent
> --
> Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
> Software engineering:http://www.galasoft-LB.ch
> PhotoAlbum:http://www.galasoft-LB.ch/pictures
> Support children in Calcutta:http://www.calcutta-espoir.ch

Hi,

Robert Ludig wrote:
> That does not translate the common dialogs.
>
> On 12 Dez., 21:05, Laurent Bugnion <galasoft...@bluewin.ch> wrote:

>> using System.Threading;
>> using System.Globalization;
>>
>> //...
>>
>> Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo( "en-US" );
>> Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo( "en-US" );

Do you have an example?

Greetings,
Laurent
--
Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
Software engineering: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch
PhotoAlbum: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch/pictures
Support children in Calcutta: http://www.calcutta-espoir.ch

Hello Robert,

Common Dialogs are referenced from the OS and so the OS culture is used. You
might investigate MUI versions of Windows - I'm not certain, but there might
be support to switch to other languages in the case of Common Dialogs.

http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/r...e/muizone.mspx

Regards
Joubert


"Robert Ludig" <schwertfischtrombose@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:1165998778.697903.292760@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com...
> That does not translate the common dialogs.
>
> On 12 Dez., 21:05, Laurent Bugnion <galasoft...@bluewin.ch> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Robert Ludig wrote:
>> > In some scenarios I need to be able run my app in a different culture
>> > than the one currently active in the OS. For example my app has to
>> > display datetime formats, menu/dialogtexts and common dialogs (such as
>> > the save as dialog) in englisch while the current culture of the OS is
>> > set to german.
>>
>> > What are the best practises to solve such a scenario in WPF?Just like
>> > any other .NET application:
>>
>> using System.Threading;
>> using System.Globalization;
>>
>> //...
>>
>> Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo( "en-US" );
>> Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo( "en-US" );
>>
>> HTH,
>> Laurent
>> --
>> Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
>> Software engineering:http://www.galasoft-LB.ch
>> PhotoAlbum:http://www.galasoft-LB.ch/pictures
>> Support children in Calcutta:http://www.calcutta-espoir.ch
>