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VIK
VIK

Reputation: 689

How to switch a language of the form on button click in VB.NET?

I want to create the localized application and want to implement a language switcher (e.g. special button). I use Visual Studio 2010 express (VB.NET).

I created simple test app with one label and one button. I set form's property "Localizable" to "True" and edited components' text in 2 languages (English as default and Russian).

I know that it is needed to add 

Imports System.Threading.Thread
Imports System.Globalization

at the beginning of the Form1.vb and then use 

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New CultureInfo("ru")

to enable Russian localization. But if I put this line into Button_Click event it does not change the language. Is it possible to switch between languages on event like button click or combobox change?

Thank you in advance!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 15337

Answers (2)

Ivan Ferrer Villa
Ivan Ferrer Villa

Reputation: 2158

here is a possible workaround: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/72f70870-0c0c-4eb1-886b-9db9917d080a/form-support-multilanguage-at-runtime-in-windows-based-application#8c775cc0-5e5e-4551-b5d1-52bb5c1663e8

First change CurrentUICulture, then force apply the resources of the new culture to all controls.

This code example loops through Me.Controls, but you should loop child containers too (panels, etc).

Doing this it changes strings, locations, sizes, etc.

        System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New CultureInfo("es-ES")
        Dim res As ComponentResourceManager = New ComponentResourceManager(Me.GetType)
        For Each aControl As Control In Me.Controls
            res.ApplyResources(aControl, aControl.Name)
        Next

EDITED: You can also change thread's default culture using: 

CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentCulture = New CultureInfo("es-ES")

doing this, all new forms you create in runtime will use this new CultureInfo.

Upvotes: 0

Srinivas
Srinivas

Reputation: 1063

Yes you can implement localization on Button Click event or on a change event. You can set the culture as

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New CultureInfo("ru-RU")

These links will help you : Globalizing and Localizing Windows Application, Walkthrough: Localizing Windows Forms, Localizing Applications

Upvotes: 3

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