Switch to different language in Windows XP

eikel

Hi

I am a newbie c# programmer, I would like to know how
to make a function that switches between languages in
windows XP/2000. The languages can be set manually in the
language bar. Thanks for any help!

Regards

E.

Nov 15 '05 #1

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Morten Wennevik

If I understand what you mean, you want to use

System.Threadin g.Thread.Curren tThread.Current Culture = new
System.Globaliz ation.CultureIn fo(languageCode );

or use

System.Threadin g.Thread.Curren tThread.Current Culture =
System.Globaliz ation.CultureIn fo.CreateSpecif icCulture(langu ageCode);

for specific culture or not just language (like UK and USA both use
English, but different notation, currency format, etc)

This won't do much unless you also create satellite assemblies which you
can load by using CurrentUICultur e.

The CultureInfo class, contains how to write numbers, date time, ++.

I couldn't find a list of all language codes on the web, but I printed out
what .Net Framework knows by using
CultureInfo.Get Cultures(Cultur eType.SpecificC ulture)

List is made out of CultureInfo.Nam e and CultureInfo.Eng lishName

ar-SA Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
ar-IQ Arabic (Iraq)
ar-EG Arabic (Egypt)
ar-LY Arabic (Libya)
ar-DZ Arabic (Algeria)
ar-MA Arabic (Morocco)
ar-TN Arabic (Tunisia)
ar-OM Arabic (Oman)
ar-YE Arabic (Yemen)
ar-SY Arabic (Syria)
ar-JO Arabic (Jordan)
ar-LB Arabic (Lebanon)
ar-KW Arabic (Kuwait)
ar-AE Arabic (U.A.E.)
ar-BH Arabic (Bahrain)
ar-QA Arabic (Qatar)
bg-BG Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
ca-ES Catalan (Catalan)
zh-TW Chinese (Taiwan)
zh-CN Chinese (People's Republic of China)
zh-HK Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.)
zh-SG Chinese (Singapore)
zh-MO Chinese (Macau S.A.R.)
cs-CZ Czech (Czech Republic)
da-DK Danish (Denmark)
de-DE German (Germany)
de-CH German (Switzerland)
de-AT German (Austria)
de-LU German (Luxembourg)
de-LI German (Liechtenstein)
el-GR Greek (Greece)
en-US English (United States)
en-GB English (United Kingdom)
en-AU English (Australia)
en-CA English (Canada)
en-NZ English (New Zealand)
en-IE English (Ireland)
en-ZA English (South Africa)
en-JM English (Jamaica)
en-CB English (Caribbean)
en-BZ English (Belize)
en-TT English (Trinidad and Tobago)
en-ZW English (Zimbabwe)
en-PH English (Republic of the Philippines)
es-MX Spanish (Mexico)
es-ES Spanish (Spain)
es-GT Spanish (Guatemala)
es-CR Spanish (Costa Rica)
es-PA Spanish (Panama)
es-DO Spanish (Dominican Republic)
es-VE Spanish (Venezuela)
es-CO Spanish (Colombia)
es-PE Spanish (Peru)
es-AR Spanish (Argentina)
es-EC Spanish (Ecuador)
es-CL Spanish (Chile)
es-UY Spanish (Uruguay)
es-PY Spanish (Paraguay)
es-BO Spanish (Bolivia)
es-SV Spanish (El Salvador)
es-HN Spanish (Honduras)
es-NI Spanish (Nicaragua)
es-PR Spanish (Puerto Rico)
fi-FI Finnish (Finland)
fr-FR French (France)
fr-BE French (Belgium)
fr-CA French (Canada)
fr-CH French (Switzerland)
fr-LU French (Luxembourg)
fr-MC French (Principality of Monaco)
he-IL Hebrew (Israel)
hu-HU Hungarian (Hungary)
is-IS Icelandic (Iceland)
it-IT Italian (Italy)
it-CH Italian (Switzerland)
ja-JP Japanese (Japan)
ko-KR Korean (Korea)
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands)
nl-BE Dutch (Belgium)
nb-NO Norwegian (Bokmål) (Norway)
nn-NO Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Norway)
pl-PL Polish (Poland)
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil)
pt-PT Portuguese (Portugal)
ro-RO Romanian (Romania)
ru-RU Russian (Russia)
hr-HR Croatian (Croatia)
sr-SP-Latn Serbian (Latin) (Serbia)
sr-SP-Cyrl Serbian (Cyrillic) (Serbia)
sk-SK Slovak (Slovakia)
sq-AL Albanian (Albania)
sv-SE Swedish (Sweden)
sv-FI Swedish (Finland)
th-TH Thai (Thailand)
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey)
ur-PK Urdu (Islamic Republic of Pakistan)
id-ID Indonesian (Indonesia)
uk-UA Ukrainian (Ukraine)
be-BY Belarusian (Belarus)
sl-SI Slovenian (Slovenia)
et-EE Estonian (Estonia)
lv-LV Latvian (Latvia)
lt-LT Lithuanian (Lithuania)
fa-IR Farsi (Iran)
vi-VN Vietnamese (Viet Nam)
hy-AM Armenian (Armenia)
az-AZ-Latn Azeri (Latin) (Azerbaijan)
az-AZ-Cyrl Azeri (Cyrillic) (Azerbaijan)
eu-ES Basque (Basque)
mk-MK FYRO Macedonian (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
af-ZA Afrikaans (South Africa)
ka-GE Georgian (Georgia)
fo-FO Faroese (Faroe Islands)
hi-IN Hindi (India)
ms-MY Malay (Malaysia)
ms-BN Malay (Brunei Darussalam)
kk-KZ Kazakh (Kazakhstan)
ky-KZ Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan)
sw-KE Swahili (Kenya)
uz-UZ-Latn Uzbek (Latin) (Uzbekistan)
uz-UZ-Cyrl Uzbek (Cyrillic) (Uzbekistan)
tt-RU Tatar (Russia)
pa-IN Punjabi (India)
gu-IN Gujarati (India)
ta-IN Tamil (India)
te-IN Telugu (India)
kn-IN Kannada (India)
mr-IN Marathi (India)
sa-IN Sanskrit (India)
mn-MN Mongolian (Mongolia)
gl-ES Galician (Galician)
kok-IN Konkani (India)
syr-SY Syriac (Syria)
div-MV Divehi (Maldives)
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Nov 15 '05 #2

eikel

Thanks very much Morten this is a great help!
Cheers
E.

-----Original Message-----
If I understand what you mean, you want to use

System.Threadi ng.Thread.Curre ntThread.Curren tCulture = new System.Globali zation.CultureI nfo(languageCod e);

or use

System.Threadi ng.Thread.Curre ntThread.Curren tCulture =
System.Globali zation.CultureI nfo.CreateSpeci ficCulture (languageCode);
for specific culture or not just language (like UK and USA both use English, but different notation, currency format, etc)

This won't do much unless you also create satellite assemblies which you can load by using CurrentUICultur e.

The CultureInfo class, contains how to write numbers, date time, ++.
I couldn't find a list of all language codes on the web, but I printed out what .Net Framework knows by using
CultureInfo.Ge tCultures(Cultu reType.Specific Culture)

List is made out of CultureInfo.Nam e and CultureInfo.Eng lishName
ar-SA Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
ar-IQ Arabic (Iraq)
ar-EG Arabic (Egypt)
ar-LY Arabic (Libya)
ar-DZ Arabic (Algeria)
ar-MA Arabic (Morocco)
ar-TN Arabic (Tunisia)
ar-OM Arabic (Oman)
ar-YE Arabic (Yemen)
ar-SY Arabic (Syria)
ar-JO Arabic (Jordan)
ar-LB Arabic (Lebanon)
ar-KW Arabic (Kuwait)
ar-AE Arabic (U.A.E.)
ar-BH Arabic (Bahrain)
ar-QA Arabic (Qatar)
bg-BG Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
ca-ES Catalan (Catalan)
zh-TW Chinese (Taiwan)
zh-CN Chinese (People's Republic of China)
zh-HK Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.)
zh-SG Chinese (Singapore)
zh-MO Chinese (Macau S.A.R.)
cs-CZ Czech (Czech Republic)
da-DK Danish (Denmark)
de-DE German (Germany)
de-CH German (Switzerland)
de-AT German (Austria)
de-LU German (Luxembourg)
de-LI German (Liechtenstein)
el-GR Greek (Greece)
en-US English (United States)
en-GB English (United Kingdom)
en-AU English (Australia)
en-CA English (Canada)
en-NZ English (New Zealand)
en-IE English (Ireland)
en-ZA English (South Africa)
en-JM English (Jamaica)
en-CB English (Caribbean)
en-BZ English (Belize)
en-TT English (Trinidad and Tobago)
en-ZW English (Zimbabwe)
en-PH English (Republic of the Philippines)
es-MX Spanish (Mexico)
es-ES Spanish (Spain)
es-GT Spanish (Guatemala)
es-CR Spanish (Costa Rica)
es-PA Spanish (Panama)
es-DO Spanish (Dominican Republic)
es-VE Spanish (Venezuela)
es-CO Spanish (Colombia)
es-PE Spanish (Peru)
es-AR Spanish (Argentina)
es-EC Spanish (Ecuador)
es-CL Spanish (Chile)
es-UY Spanish (Uruguay)
es-PY Spanish (Paraguay)
es-BO Spanish (Bolivia)
es-SV Spanish (El Salvador)
es-HN Spanish (Honduras)
es-NI Spanish (Nicaragua)
es-PR Spanish (Puerto Rico)
fi-FI Finnish (Finland)
fr-FR French (France)
fr-BE French (Belgium)
fr-CA French (Canada)
fr-CH French (Switzerland)
fr-LU French (Luxembourg)
fr-MC French (Principality of Monaco)
he-IL Hebrew (Israel)
hu-HU Hungarian (Hungary)
is-IS Icelandic (Iceland)
it-IT Italian (Italy)
it-CH Italian (Switzerland)
ja-JP Japanese (Japan)
ko-KR Korean (Korea)
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands)
nl-BE Dutch (Belgium)
nb-NO Norwegian (Bokmål) (Norway)
nn-NO Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Norway)
pl-PL Polish (Poland)
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil)
pt-PT Portuguese (Portugal)
ro-RO Romanian (Romania)
ru-RU Russian (Russia)
hr-HR Croatian (Croatia)
sr-SP-Latn Serbian (Latin) (Serbia)
sr-SP-Cyrl Serbian (Cyrillic) (Serbia)
sk-SK Slovak (Slovakia)
sq-AL Albanian (Albania)
sv-SE Swedish (Sweden)
sv-FI Swedish (Finland)
th-TH Thai (Thailand)
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey)
ur-PK Urdu (Islamic Republic of Pakistan)
id-ID Indonesian (Indonesia)
uk-UA Ukrainian (Ukraine)
be-BY Belarusian (Belarus)
sl-SI Slovenian (Slovenia)
et-EE Estonian (Estonia)
lv-LV Latvian (Latvia)
lt-LT Lithuanian (Lithuania)
fa-IR Farsi (Iran)
vi-VN Vietnamese (Viet Nam)
hy-AM Armenian (Armenia)
az-AZ-Latn Azeri (Latin) (Azerbaijan)
az-AZ-Cyrl Azeri (Cyrillic) (Azerbaijan)
eu-ES Basque (Basque)
mk-MK FYRO Macedonian (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)af-ZA Afrikaans (South Africa)
ka-GE Georgian (Georgia)
fo-FO Faroese (Faroe Islands)
hi-IN Hindi (India)
ms-MY Malay (Malaysia)
ms-BN Malay (Brunei Darussalam)
kk-KZ Kazakh (Kazakhstan)
ky-KZ Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan)
sw-KE Swahili (Kenya)
uz-UZ-Latn Uzbek (Latin) (Uzbekistan)
uz-UZ-Cyrl Uzbek (Cyrillic) (Uzbekistan)
tt-RU Tatar (Russia)
pa-IN Punjabi (India)
gu-IN Gujarati (India)
ta-IN Tamil (India)
te-IN Telugu (India)
kn-IN Kannada (India)
mr-IN Marathi (India)
sa-IN Sanskrit (India)
mn-MN Mongolian (Mongolia)
gl-ES Galician (Galician)
kok-IN Konkani (India)
syr-SY Syriac (Syria)
div-MV Divehi (Maldives)
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