People that have more extended experience with custom cultures may correct me if needed, but on my previous project, we made a custom culture for US Spanish (es-US) which for some reasons is not supported natively by .NET. It worked without a hitch. I really fail to see how it can be more messy than reinventing the wheel with a custom resource manager or whatever.
Sébastien On 11/30/07, Mark Nicholls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:23:23 -0500, Peter Ritchie > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:15:34 -0500, Mark Nicholls > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>What do you mean by "keeping the text in the resources"? > >>How would you go about wrapping Properties.Resources class? > > > >In the Solution Explorer, Properties\Resources.resx lets you have any > >number of application-wide resources. I would suggest > >putting "localizable" text in there. > > > >Don't be tempted to put application-wide resources in form resx files, if > >the resource isn't directly used by the form the Designer will nuke it the > >next time you edit the file... > > it would be directly used by the form. > > My 'bodge' is to highjack another locale and use it for a specific client, > so the config contains some specific locale string 'en-xx'...which then > localises the app to that client.....what I don't like about it is that > you need to know that 'en-xx' means 'ACME' > > > > >More information on "custom locales" can be found here: > >http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms776342.aspx. I've never done > >it; but the link to the locale builder is broken--I think it is supposed > >to go here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx? > >FamilyID=E4588C5E-8F21-45CC-B862-38DF8D9BD528&displaylang=en > > > >In a more .NET-specific focus, you might also want to have a look at > >http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E4588C5E-8F21- > >45CC-B862-38DF8D9BD528&displaylang=en > > Thanks....I'll look into the locale builder....hopefully it's not too > messy. > > > > >=================================== > >This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > > >View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com > -- Sébastien www.sebastienlorion.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
