Csharp/C Sharp/Development Class/CultureInfo I18N

Create Culture info for fr-FR

<source lang="csharp"> using System; using System.Globalization; using System.Threading; class Class1 {

 static void Main(string[] args) {
     CultureInfo MyCulture = new CultureInfo("fr-FR");
     DateTime MyDate = System.DateTime.Now;
     Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = MyCulture;
     Console.WriteLine(MyDate.ToLongDateString());
     Console.WriteLine(MyDate.ToLongTimeString());
     Console.WriteLine(MyDate.ToShortDateString());
     Console.WriteLine(MyDate.ToShortTimeString());
     
  }

}

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Create culture info from CurrentUICulture

<source lang="csharp"> using System; using System.Globalization; using System.Threading;

class Class1 {

 static void Main(string[] args) {
     CultureInfo MyCulture = new CultureInfo(Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.LCID);
     NumberFormatInfo Vnf = new NumberFormatInfo();
     Console.WriteLine(123456.ToString("c", MyCulture));
     Vnf = MyCulture.NumberFormat;
     Vnf.CurrencyDecimalSeparator = ",";
     Vnf.CurrencyGroupSeparator = ".";
     Vnf.NumberDecimalSeparator = ",";
     Vnf.NumberGroupSeparator = ".";
     MyCulture.NumberFormat = Vnf;
     Console.WriteLine(123456.ToString("C", MyCulture));
  }

}

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Create Culture info in es-US

<source lang="csharp"> using System; using System.Globalization; class Class1 {

 static void Main(string[] args) {
        CultureInfo MyCulture = new CultureInfo("es-ES");
        DateTimeFormatInfo Myfmt;
        DateTimeFormatInfo fmt1;
        Myfmt = MyCulture.DateTimeFormat;
        fmt1  = DateTimeFormatInfo.CurrentInfo;
        Console.WriteLine(Myfmt.GetMonthName(12));
        Console.WriteLine(fmt1.GetMonthName(12));
     }

}

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Derive Number Format info from culture info

<source lang="csharp"> using System; using System.Globalization; using System.Threading;

class Class1 {

 static void Main(string[] args) {
     CultureInfo MyCulture = new CultureInfo(Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.LCID);
     NumberFormatInfo Vnf = new NumberFormatInfo();
     Vnf = MyCulture.NumberFormat;
     Vnf.CurrencyDecimalSeparator = ",";
     Vnf.CurrencyGroupSeparator = ".";
     Vnf.NumberDecimalSeparator = ",";
     Vnf.NumberGroupSeparator = ".";
     MyCulture.NumberFormat = Vnf;
     CultureInfo FRCulture = new CultureInfo("fr-FR");

     MyCulture.NumberFormat = FRCulture.NumberFormat;
     Console.WriteLine(123456.ToString("c", MyCulture));
  }

}

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enumerates all available cultures

<source lang="csharp"> /* Mastering Visual C# .NET by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy Publisher: Sybex; ISBN: 0782129110

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/*

 Example21_9.cs enumerates all available cultures

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using System; using System.Globalization; public class Example21_9 {

 public static void Main() 
 {
   foreach (CultureInfo ci in
     CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.AllCultures))
   {
     Console.WriteLine("{0} | {1}", ci.EnglishName, ci.Name);
   }
 }

}

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illustrates the CultureInfo class

<source lang="csharp"> /* Mastering Visual C# .NET by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy Publisher: Sybex; ISBN: 0782129110

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/*

 Example21_6.cs illustrates the CultureInfo class

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using System; using System.Globalization; public class Example21_6 {

 public static void Main() 
 {
   // create a CultureInfo object for the nl-BE culture
   CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo("nl-BE");
   // show some basic information
   Console.WriteLine("Native Name: " + ci.NativeName);
   Console.WriteLine("English Name: " + ci.EnglishName);
   // get datetime formatting info
   DateTimeFormatInfo dtfi = ci.DateTimeFormat;
   Console.WriteLine("Long date pattern: " + dtfi.LongDatePattern);
   // get numeric formatting info
   NumberFormatInfo nfi = ci.NumberFormat;
   Console.WriteLine("Currency symbol: " + nfi.CurrencySymbol);
   Console.WriteLine("Decimal seperator: " + nfi.NumberDecimalSeparator);
 }

}

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illustrates the CultureInfo class 2

<source lang="csharp"> /* Mastering Visual C# .NET by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy Publisher: Sybex; ISBN: 0782129110

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/*

 Example21_7.cs illustrates the CultureInfo class

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using System; using System.Globalization; using System.IO; public class Example21_7 {

 public static void Main() 
 {
   // create a CultureInfo object for the nl-BE culture
   CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo("nl-BE");
   // create a file to hold the results
   FileStream outStream = File.Create("CultureInfo.txt");
   // use a StreamWriter to write data to the file
   StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(outStream);
   // show some basic information
   sw.WriteLine("Native Name: " + ci.NativeName);
   sw.WriteLine("English Name: " + ci.EnglishName);
   // get datetime formatting info
   DateTimeFormatInfo dtfi = ci.DateTimeFormat;
   sw.WriteLine("Long date pattern: " + dtfi.LongDatePattern);
   // get numeric formatting info
   NumberFormatInfo nfi = ci.NumberFormat;
   sw.WriteLine("Currency symbol: " + nfi.CurrencySymbol);
   sw.WriteLine("Decimal seperator: " + nfi.NumberDecimalSeparator);
   // flush and close the file
   sw.Flush();
   sw.Close();
 }

}

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illustrates the current cultures

<source lang="csharp"> /* Mastering Visual C# .NET by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy Publisher: Sybex; ISBN: 0782129110

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/*

 Example21_8.cs illustrates the current cultures

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using System; using System.Globalization; using System.Threading; public class Example21_8 {

 public static void Main() 
 {
   // set the current culture for the executing thread
   Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture=new CultureInfo("de-DE");
   // and display it
   Console.WriteLine(Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name);
   // create another new culture
   CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo("en-US");
   // prove that this doesn"t change the current culture
   Console.WriteLine(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name);
   // set the current UI culture for the executing thread
   Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture=new CultureInfo("fr-FR");
   // and display it
   Console.WriteLine(Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name);
   // create another new culture
   CultureInfo ci2 = new CultureInfo("en-US");
   // prove that this doesn"t change the current culture
   Console.WriteLine(CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.Name);
 }

}

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new CultureInfo("da-DK")

<source lang="csharp"> using System; using System.Globalization; public class NumParsingApp {

   public static void Main(string[] args) {
       CultureInfo dk = new CultureInfo("da-DK");
       int k = 12345;
       string w = k.ToString("c", dk);
       Console.WriteLine(w);
   }

}

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new CultureInfo( "de-DE" )

<source lang="csharp"> using System; using System.Globalization; public class EntryPoint {

   static void Main() {
       CultureInfo current  = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture;
       CultureInfo germany  = new CultureInfo( "de-DE" );
       CultureInfo russian  = new CultureInfo( "ru-RU" );
       double money = 123.45;
       string localMoney = money.ToString( "C", current );
       Console.WriteLine( localMoney+ " Local Money" );
       localMoney = money.ToString( "C", germany );
       Console.WriteLine( localMoney+ " German Money" );
       
       localMoney = money.ToString( "C", russian );
       Console.WriteLine( localMoney+ " Russian Money" );
   }

}

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new CultureInfo( "ru-RU" )

<source lang="csharp"> using System; using System.Globalization; public class EntryPoint {

   static void Main() {
       CultureInfo current  = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture;
       CultureInfo germany  = new CultureInfo( "de-DE" );
       CultureInfo russian  = new CultureInfo( "ru-RU" );
       double money = 123.45;
       string localMoney = money.ToString( "C", current );
       Console.WriteLine( localMoney+ " Local Money" );
       localMoney = money.ToString( "C", germany );
       Console.WriteLine( localMoney+ " German Money" );
       
       localMoney = money.ToString( "C", russian );
       Console.WriteLine( localMoney+ " Russian Money" );
   }

}

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Print all Culture info

<source lang="csharp"> using System; using System.Globalization; using System.Threading;

class Class1 {

 static void Main(string[] args) {
     CultureInfo[] AllCultures;
     RegionInfo Rg;
     AllCultures = CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.SpecificCultures);
     foreach (CultureInfo ACulture in AllCultures) {
        Rg = new RegionInfo(ACulture.LCID);
        Console.WriteLine(Rg.TwoLetterISORegionName.ToString().PadRight(5, " ") + 
              "," + Rg.EnglishName.PadRight(40, " ") + 
              "," + ACulture.LCID.ToString());
     }
  }

}

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Set Culture to current thread

<source lang="csharp"> using System; using System.Globalization; using System.Threading; class Class1 {

 static void Main(string[] args) {
     CultureInfo MyCulture = new CultureInfo("fr-FR");
     DateTime MyDate = System.DateTime.Now;
     Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = MyCulture;
     DateTimeFormatInfo dtf = MyCulture.DateTimeFormat;
     //Change date and time separator
     dtf.DateSeparator = "\\";
     dtf.TimeSeparator = "&";
     Console.WriteLine();
     Console.WriteLine(MyDate.ToLongDateString());
     Console.WriteLine(MyDate.ToLongTimeString());
     Console.WriteLine(MyDate.ToShortDateString());
     Console.WriteLine(MyDate.ToShortTimeString());
  }

}

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